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What Work Cambridgeshire & Rutland 2016
LOW CARBON &
THE ENVIRONMENT
The focus is very much on the future when it comes to low
carbon or ‘green’ technology. The government has targets it has
to meet to help reduce climate change around the world. It’s not
just about constructing, assembling and monitoring - engineers
and technicians will be designing and testing the buildings,
vehicles and mobile phones of the future!
What is happening?
Skills & qualities
• Huge growth area driving economy forwards: wind
and wave power; energy and waste management;
sustainable construction; carbon capture; bio energy
and plug-in electric vehicles.
• Green economy is a priority sector for the UK meaning
extra support for ‘green collar’ jobs.
Useful subjects
• Skilled people in high demand especially qualification
level 4 and above.
• Demand for skilled workers in renewable technologies.
• Shortage of mechanical, structural, aeronautical,
electrical engineers; wind turbine technicians;
geologists.
• We’ll also need landscape, forestry and fisheries
managers; energy managers and analytical chemists.
• Demand for more ‘eco-friendly’ goods means more
people to certify products – especially
around technology.
• Peterborough is home to the UK’s largest
cluster of environmental businesses – over
380 - and the city is currently building one
of the UK’s largest low-carbon housing
developments. Cambridge is also a hub for
cleantech companies.
On the web
www.bconstructive.co.uk
www.futuremorph.org
www.euskills.co.uk/careers
www.sciencecareerpathways.com
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What could you earn?*
Conservation manager
£30,200
Design engineer
£38,500
Engineering technician
£33,600
Mechanical engineer
£40,600
Lab technician
£21,900
Energy plant operative
£28,800
Environmental services manager
£34,400
Local employers
• Anglian Water
• Grontmij
• Lark Energy
• Leicestershire
and Rutland
Wildlife Trust
• Cambridge
Water
* Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2014.
Average full-time (median) salary rounded to the nearest £100. Doesn’t include self employed.