The ONS workshop was run on January 31st 2023 and the plan now is to produce some experimental/ pilot sets of green employment and occupation numbers due for release in March. This is a step forward but I think ONS will use SIC industrial structure rather than an undated one e.g. the real time industrial classification of Data City. We also need to think about green jobs as to where they are in the green work flows across the whole economy, and what role they are playing e.g. installing near once-off new capital plant or infrastructure versus providing a green service of some type versus a job that's involved in a lengthy transition e.g. domestic retrofit. We have seen these cycles of jobs before as technology and power systems shifts occur.
We also hope the Open Jobs Observatory being developed by Nesta will help here too. They have developed a jobs data base using job postings and derived taxonomies down to specific places which reflect the specific nature of a local labour market. One pilot they did with Sussex Chamber of Commerce on their LSIP showed the value of their approach and derived information and analysis that could drive local skills actions. We'd like to see these types of data to be linked to qualifications we see listed in the Ofqual database for all regulated awards where there a lot of "green" ones being offered.
As ever, we will try and keep you posted on developments on occupation and skills definitions and measurement as they emerge - with the new UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will add momentum for developments here, and in particular in the domestic buildings world.
The ONS workshop was run on January 31st 2023 and the plan now is to produce some experimental/ pilot sets of green employment and occupation numbers due for release in March. This is a step forward but I think ONS will use SIC industrial structure rather than an undated one e.g. the real time industrial classification of Data City. We also need to think about green jobs as to where they are in the green work flows across the whole economy, and what role they are playing e.g. installing near once-off new capital plant or infrastructure versus providing a green service of some type versus a job that's involved in a lengthy transition e.g. domestic retrofit. We have seen these cycles of jobs before as technology and power systems shifts occur.
We also hope the Open Jobs Observatory being developed by Nesta will help here too. They have developed a jobs data base using job postings and derived taxonomies down to specific places which reflect the specific nature of a local labour market. One pilot they did with Sussex Chamber of Commerce on their LSIP showed the value of their approach and derived information and analysis that could drive local skills actions. We'd like to see these types of data to be linked to qualifications we see listed in the Ofqual database for all regulated awards where there a lot of "green" ones being offered.
As ever, we will try and keep you posted on developments on occupation and skills definitions and measurement as they emerge - with the new UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will add momentum for developments here, and in particular in the domestic buildings world.
Thank you for this! Interested to hear more about the ONS workshop, is there a link to any more information?