The importance of creating a market ready labour force with the green skills to support economic reform, the establishment of new high growth industry sectors & regional economic renewal

1. Skills for the Low Carbon Economy: from green -collar jobs to green-industry employment hubs Robert Nicholls Director Innovation & Organisational Adaptation Carbon TRAINING International Pty Ltd www.carbontraininginternational.com

2. Skills for the Low Carbon Economy: from green-collar jobs to green-industry employment hubs The importance of creating a market ready labour force with the green skills to support economic reform, the establishment of new high growth industry sectors & regional economic renewal grant Vision. provide Voice. give Support. New Horizons Hilton Hotel Sydney 26th-28th August 2009 inspire Vision. promote Voice. provide Support. New Horizons Hilton Hotel Sydney 26th-28th August 2009

6. A green skills lead labour market transformation is acknowledged as being critical to our economic prosperity & support of future jobs We must also be able to ensure that Australia’s economy is ready to compete in a global carbon future. This needs to include sustainable jobs in energy intensive, trade-exposed industries (EITE) and grab hold of opportunities to grow green jobs . Sharan Burrow – ACTU President (5 September 2008) Responding to climate change will require a fundamental shift in Australia’s approach to management and workforce skills . Heather Ridout, Chief Executive AIG (November 2008) … achieving the transition to a low carbon sustainable economy will require a massive mobilisation of skills and training – both to equip new workers and to enable appropriate changes in practices by the three million workers already employed CSIRO for the Dusseldorp Skills Forum (June 2008)

9. How will the employment landscape look as the low carbon economic transformation takes hold A labour force transformation on the back of traditional industry reform & growth of green industry

10. Impact to Employment under a 60% emissions reduction target by 2050 Source: CSIRO, Growing the Green Collar Economy (2008) “ The real challenge will lie in providing appropriate skills to these new workers while also supporting the re-skilling of the 2.9 million workers who are currently employed in these high impact sectors”

11. Traditional Employment Sectors are forecast to grow strongly Change in Employment in High Material Flow sectors (000’s) Source: CSIRO, Growing the Green Collar Economy (2008)

12. Which industry segments will support green collar jobs Source: ACTU, Green Gold Rush Report (2008)

13. Where will the Green collar jobs be created Source: ACTU, Green Gold Rush Report (2008) Employment Projections across Six selected Industries

15. Are all Green Collar Jobs the same? Source: ACF, Green Jobs Fact Sheet 2008 (adapted) A Carbon Emissions Officer who is responsible for coordinating a departments emissions data for compliance reporting Public transport and clean car design, construction, manufacture and operation A chef who chooses locally grown, environmentally-friendly produce Green Professionals in auditing, accrediting, accounting, legal, finance, broking and trading A building cleaner who uses environmentally friendly products, reduces waste & facilitates energy conservation Green Building - design, construction & retro-fitting Mining & waste facility workers who mitigate carbon emissions & support land rehabilitate projects Sustainable, water-smart farming and forestry practices e.g. bio-sequestration Office managers who help reduce energy waste & implement energy efficiency programs Water saving and recycling & Energy Efficiency – Green Plumbers and Green Electricians Purchasing officers who implement a sustainable / carbon neutral purchasing policy Clean Technology, CCS & Renewable energy- R&D, manufacturing, distribution, installation Light Green Deep Green

20. Green Employment Hubs RC2 RC1 RC = Regional Centre RC3

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