RenewableUK Issues Offshore Wind Career Guide for the Youth

RenewableUK has launched a new guide aimed at young people looking for a career in the offshore wind sector.

Sponsored by Ørsted, the Your Career In Offshore Wind guide highlights the variety of jobs available to students, school leavers and sixth-formers in planning, building and operating offshore wind projects.

The covered roles include designers, engineers, turbine technicians, economists, investment analysts, environmental scientists, geophysicists and oceanographers.

The guide also explains how the industry has developed fast in the last two decades to become a mainstream source of power and outlines how an offshore wind farm is built, identifying all its parts, from turbine components to cabling and onshore electricity substations, RenewableUK stated.

“This is a dynamic, innovative industry with plenty of opportunities for people looking for well-paid, long term jobs,” RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive, Maf Smith, said.

“We’re a young sector looking to attract enthusiastic, hard-working people who care about what they do, and want to make a difference by helping to clean up the way we generate power.”