b'14 Partner News Summer 2023EnterpriseModule 1 Mathematics for Engineers LectureDAGEM Power: Addressing the Skills Shortage in theUK Power IndustryAs the UK makes the transition towards netManufacturers, such as joint ventures and zero emissions and 50GW of offshore windalliances, be replaced with open market by 2030 targets, the power industry facesframeworks which paired with a surge an unprecedented increase in workloadof new renewables companies, leaves which presents a number of challenges, onethe industry all vying for the same pool of the most pressing being the shortage ofof limited skilled resource. Major Energy skilled workers within the sector.Performance Certificate contractors will generally look to subcontract out technical With engineering companies already facingelements of projects, placing the burden of challenges with recruitment of skilledproviding technical resource onto smaller resource, the problem is more acute in thecompanies. power industry due to the niche training, experience and authorisations requiredThis changing of the old guard, along to work on the Grid. Changing marketwith the very nature of open market conditions over the last 10 years has seentendering, where often the lowest bidder established delivery models betweenwins, has meant training and development system operators and Original Equipmentprogrammes have often been neglected.'