Welcome to the Essex Green Skills Hub, our one-stop-shop for residents, learners, employers and partner organisations with an interest in sustainability skills, careers, jobs and resources.
Bridging Green Opportunities and Skills for a Sustainable Essex
A greener future for Essex
Essex is working in partnership to invest in and develop green skills for the county’s economy and businesses. By bridging opportunities with skills-building, we can empower Essex residents and businesses to contribute to a greener future.
Green Skills
Green skills are knowledge, experience, values, attitudes and abilities that support carbon reduction and resource efficiency to increase climate resilience and enhance natural assets. Green skills do not form their own sector, they are relevant to all sectors in the economy.
Green Courses
Green courses are educational and training programmes that equip individuals or learners with the knowledge, skills and aptitudes for a sustainable future.
Green Jobs
Green jobs are those that aim to contribute to preserving or restoring our environment. With our ambition for a net zero future, most jobs will transition to become green jobs.
Play your part
Whether you are an individual, a training provider or a business in Essex, reducing our carbon footprint is a challenge.
Essex County Council has produced five Climate Action Advice Packs; for residents, for businesses, schools and Early Years or Childcare settings. There is also an easy read version of the packs.
Getting to net zero is a collective effort by our residents, employers and partner organisations across Essex. Only by making sure that residents and businesses have the right green skills will we be able to achieve this ambition.
Seize your opportunity
The jobs market is competitive; whether you are a job seeker wishing to start or progress your career or an employer wishing to recruit the best talent or upskill your workforce.
The route to positioning yourself in this competitive market is by making sure that your skills, including green skills, are up to date and relevant.
Defining a green career
The concept of a green career is evolving. As more sectors transition to low-carbon models of delivery, almost any job has the potential to become green. Green careers are found in jobs that have a direct and positive impact on reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability.
New and emerging green skilled jobs
Enhanced green skilled jobs
Increased demand green skilled jobs
Retrofit
Retrofit is the process of making improvements to an existing building to reduce its environmental impact and increase energy efficiency. Essex has invested in various Retrofit programmes to support residents and businesses.
