Green jobs
Work that helps reduce environmental impact, support net zero or help communities and industries adapt. Many are familiar jobs applied in new ways.
Green Skills
Local Futures
Green skills are opening up new career opportunities across North Wales. Explore the skills, roles and pathways that can help you build a rewarding career and play a part in the region’s greener future.
Why green skills matter
Green skills can help you access new opportunities, adapt as industries change and contribute to a more sustainable North Wales.
They can help you:
- Explore new careers in growing green industries.
- Adapt to change as roles and technologies evolve.
- Build transferable skills for a range of sectors.
- Reduce environmental impact through greener ways of working.
What are Green Skills?
Green jobs and green skills are closely connected, but they are not the same thing. Understanding the difference can help you see how sustainability is creating new opportunities across a wide range of roles and industries.
Green skills
The technical, practical, digital and transferable capabilities that help industries work more sustainably and respond to new technologies.
Where could Green Skills take you?
Renewable energy
Hydrogen and carbon capture
Construction and retrofit
Environment and natural resources
Sustainable agriculture
Circular economy and waste
Local authorities and public services
North Wales is home to growing opportunities in renewable and low-carbon energy. Delivering new energy projects needs people who can plan, build, install, maintain and manage the technology, as well as those supporting projects behind the scenes.
Opportunities can include:
- Engineering and technical roles
- Installation and maintenance
- Environmental specialists
- Project and operations management
- Data and digital roles
Renewable energy
Hydrogen and carbon capture
Construction and retrofit
Environment and natural resources
Sustainable agriculture
Circular economy and waste
Local authorities and public services
Skills employers will need
Green industries need a mix of technical knowledge, practical experience and transferable skills. These capabilities can support roles across many sectors.
Technical and engineering skills
Skills to install, operate, maintain and improve low-carbon technologies, infrastructure and energy systems.
Environmental and scientific skills
Knowledge used to monitor environments, manage natural resources and understand the impact of different activities.
Digital and data skills
Digital tools, data and analysis can help organisations monitor performance, improve efficiency and make better decisions.
Project and operational skills
Planning, coordination and delivery skills help organisations manage projects, resources and changes in ways of working.
Problem-solving and critical thinking
The ability to understand challenges, assess options and develop practical solutions is valuable across green roles.
Communication and collaboration
Working effectively with colleagues, customers and communities helps turn ideas and plans into successful action.
Myth vs reality
Most green opportunities won’t have ‘green’ in the job title
Green skills are needed across many familiar jobs and industries. As organisations adopt cleaner technologies and more sustainable ways of working, existing roles are changing and new skills are becoming part of everyday work.
That could mean:
- An electrician installing low-carbon technologies.
- A construction worker helping improve the energy efficiency of buildings.
- An engineer working on renewable energy or new infrastructure.
- A project manager delivering sustainability or decarbonisation projects.
- A digital or data specialist helping organisations monitor performance and use resources more efficiently.
A green career is not defined by its job title. It is about how your skills contribute to a more sustainable way of working.
Explore the Green Careers and Skills guide
Discover more about green careers in North Wales, including the sectors creating opportunities, the skills employers need and the different roles that could be part of a greener future.
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Develop your skills
Discover opportunities to develop your skills, from full-time and part time education to short courses and specialised training.
Apprenticeships
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