The Green Edge Take – December 2025
Our take on the crop of green reports from this month's reading list.
The Green Edge Take, reflecting our views on the crop of sustainability-related publications that crossed our desk last month.
֎ Reports we feel are particularly worth a look.
Skills and Workforce Development
֎ UK Standard Skills Classification – Interim Development Report
Author/publisher: Skills England
Publication Date: Nov 2025
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Here we see a hierarchical classification based on more than 3,300 separate skills, as required for the competent performance of specific job tasks. Each occupational skill is associated with a set of tasks and core skills, the latter being more generic in nature and contributing to the effective performance of the occupational skill. Occupational skills are organised into a four-level hierarchy: Level 1 includes 22 broad skill domains; Level 2 splits the domains into 106 more specific skill areas; Level 3 refines these areas into 606 skill groups; and Level 4—the most detailed level—defines 3,343 individual occupational skills across the groups. Level 4 occupational skills are linked to 13 core skills. Level 4 occupational skills are also linked to 21,963 occupational tasks and 4,926 knowledge concepts. There is also a link between occupational tasks and knowledge concepts. Phew! This is a major development in the UK and Skills England should be congratulated; it’s now up to the labour market and skills analyst community to make proper use of it.
