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    Green Skills

    Green Skills. Better Together.


    Green skills help you work in ways that protect and support the environment.

    They can enhance your career and help you access exciting, future-focused roles. For businesses, green skills can support innovation, improve efficiency, and help grow your business sustainably while meeting environmental goals.


    This hub will help guide you to the training and opportunities you need to find roles that support a more sustainable future and help to accomplish the Minister’s Economic Vision of decarbonisation, supporting Northern Ireland’s move towards Net Zero.

    Start your journey by selecting the option that best describes you below.

    Green Skills for Business
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    Green Skills Funding Support

    Sources of funding and Programmes for Green Skills

    Contributing Training Providers

    Contributing Green Skills training providers

    The Green Skills Action Plan

    The Green Skills Action Plan outlines the strategy to equip individuals with the knowledge
    and skills needed to support a sustainable, low carbon economy.

    Northern Ireland Green Skills Eco-System

    This document provides further information on the various programmes, training opportunities etc. that currently exist so that the Skills Eco-system Lead-group can assess the provision and look for ways to establish partnerships and collaboration to achieve a more cohesive, easier to navigate skills eco-system and make better use of collective resources.

    Green Skills Policies and Strategies

    Policies and Strategies regarding Green Skills

    Green Skills Sectoral Partnerships

    The purpose of Sectoral Partnerships is to review and develop the content of all youth traineeship and apprenticeship frameworks from level two to level eight to ensure that all those involved in training are industry ready.

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    Information for Businesses on Green Skills

    I want to learn new skills or start my green skills journey

    Information for individuals on Green Skills

    Real Life Stories on Green Skills

    The stories below share real experiences from local people who are moving into green careers. Some are just getting started, while others are changing direction and trying something new.

    Related to Green Skills

    Access to information

    How to request information from the Department for the Economy including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme.

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