SMart Wind’s SMart Futures team visited Hornsea College and Language school last week to transfer the knowledge about offshore wind power to students and to talk to them about the proposed Hornsea Project Two Offshore Wind Farm. SMart Wind held the event to help students understand more about interc
The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is offering a “win-win” for businesses and graduates based in the Humber area, which covers North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull City Councils. The Graduate Advancement Programme is encouraging local businesses t
Grimsby could see around 4,000 people employed in offshore wind industry over the course of five years, according to Offshoreenergy Denmark. With three Centrica’s wind farms already functioning, and Dong and E.ON building two wind farms offshore Grimsby, Hans Pedersen, of Offshoreenergy Denmark said
Total Jobs Contracts Limited took advantage of an opportunity when they started doing odd jobs for Vattenfall. With the help of Vattenfall’s Site Manager, Tony Francis, they obtained all the necessary certificates to work offshore. Francis and his team helped train them in different areas of general
A new renewable energy centre was launched yesterday in North East England, which is expected to attract thousands of potential workers for the fast-growing wind sector. Julian Brown, chairman of RenewableUK, officially opened the new centre in front of more than 70 business and education leaders fr
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has commenced recruitment of over 200 skilled jobs at the recently announced blade manufacturing facility on the Isle of Wight. The new positions have been created in order to fulfill the demand for DONG Energy’s 258 MW Burbo Bank Extension project, off the coast of Liverpoo
CWind has created a new role in business to ensure that it continues to develop and maintain the highest levels of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) as it expands its global footprint. Mr Kevin ‘Pat’ Paton has been appointed to the role of Global Head of SHEQ, making him responsible f
RWE Innogy has won this year’s Renewable Energy Health and Safety Award organised by RenewableUK and The Crown Estate. Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Offshore Emergency Response Team was declared winner during the Health and Safety Conference, which takes place today in Birmingham. The Emergency Res
South Axholme Academy students were visited by the SMart Futures team last week to learn about offshore wind power and the company’s proposed Project Two at the Hornsea Zone. SMart Wind held the event with two classes, helping students understand more about interconnecting offshore wind farms and ho
Vattenfall is inviting offers for the provision of personnel to undertake the ‘Marine Coordination’ function for the construction phase of the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm (SBOW). ‘Marine Coordination’ will oversee all marine operations in the wind farm, provide advice to vessel Masters and coordinat
Energy recruitment company ERSG have renewed their supply agreement with E.ON Climate and Renewables for a further three years to supply staff to their portfolio of offshore wind farms throughout Europe. E.ON currently has a significant portfolio of offshore wind projects in the UK and Germany in de
Maersk Training has teamed up with Dong Energy to provide a course for people interested in entering the offshore wind sector. A Borrow-based 12-week course will cover working in confined spaces, electrical awareness, working at height, manual handling, sea survival, first aid and fire awareness. Th
Dalby Offshore’s apprentices Josh Goodwill and Lewis Wright have achieved a successful first trip to sea where they learnt about the day-to-day working on Dalby Offshore’s Wind Farm Support Vessel (WFSV) Fleet. Josh and Lewis spent time at Whitby & District Fishing Industry Training School learning
Orkney’s marine energy industry has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, toured the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Stromness at the weekend to learn more about Orkney’s
