Gibb Safety & Survival Crew (2)

Skills for Offshore Wind

Our site resource for everything related to skills and training for the offshore wind industry

Skills for companies and individuals

Information for individuals

Interested in finding out about starting a career in offshore wind? Our section aimed at assisting individuals can be accessed using our Engagement Tool link below.
If you are at school, college or university or are already employed in another industry and want to learn more about jobs and careers opportunities in the Scottish offshore wind sector then our Engagement Tool can help.   
Information on entry level courses, apprenticeships, degree and specialist training courses required for many of the job roles in offshore wind can be researched here. The Tool also lists many of the job roles in offshore wind along with salary details and expected working environments. 

Taken a career break? Then our section on Returner Programmes is worth a look.   

Engagement Tool

Information for companies

Here you will find a wealth of information about the type of skills, courses and training that is available for companies and their staff members. Whether you are a company in offshore wind looking for information about how to up-skill your workforce or if you are transitioning from another sector and want to re-train your existing staff as part of a market entry strategy, this is the place to start.

Our aim with Skills for Offshore Wind is to guide you to the right source of information or assistance that will enable you to make an informed choice about your company workforce development.

Our portal site is designed to lead companies onto the right path to get the information and assistance you need and signpost it to you as quickly as possible. 

Choose the most appropriate pathway from the four options below 

What my company needs..

Choose your pathway below

""

Helping you join our industry

Working in Scotland

If you currently live and work outside of Scotland then we can also support you to find a route into the industry though Scotland's Migration Service. 
Our Scotland.org portal site has a wealth of information about living and working in Scotland. On this site you can also find information about the various options for obtaining a visa.

Jobs in the Wind Sector

Scotland's wind sector is expanding rapidly. In this next decade we aim to deliver 40GW of offshore wind and a further 10GW of onshore wind. We need another 30,000 people to deliver these huge increases in capacity. Visit the Indeed web page below for a list of jobs in the wind sector in Scotland right now.

Offshore Wind Jobs 

Job roles in the offshore wind industry

Below are links to other areas of our Skills for Offshore Wind section aimed at assisting individuals

Engagement Tool

Looking to learn more about jobs in the wind industry? Use this tool to find the relevant information suited to your needs

Graduate Pathway

Looking to put your hard earned degree to good use? Check out our page on industry Graduate Programmes

Jobs roles in offshore wind

Here you will find a list of the main job roles in the offshore wind industry with further information on each of them