Climate and Green Skills

On this page, you will find information on climate and green skills, and the courses available in Further Education and Higher Education Institutions.

Courses

There is a range of courses available to upskill and reskill in the area of wind energy.

These include:

HCI and Springboard+

The Human Capital Initiative and Springboard+ complement the core State-funded education and training system and provides free and subsidised upskilling and reskilling higher education opportunities in areas of identified skills need. Courses offered relevant to offshore wind include:

University College Cork

Offshore Wind and Ocean Energy Conversion

Postgraduate Certificate in Offshore Renewable Energy

Postgraduate Diploma in Energy Innovation for Zero Carbon

Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest

Certificate in Leadership in Offshore Renewable Energy

Dublin City University

Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Energy Systems

More information on courses can be found here.

Apprenticeship

Kerry Education and Training Board is the coordinating provider for the Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician Programme

National Maritime College of Ireland

The National Maritime College of Ireland offers a range of relevant courses including offshore safety training, and academic programmes in marine engineering, supply chain, and logistics. Please see Offshore and Renewable Courses

Greentech Skillnet

Greentech Skillnet, which is co-funded by industry and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, through Skillnet Ireland, supports the workforce development needs of businesses within the renewable energy sector. It offers a range of upskilling and reskilling courses of direct relevance to offshore wind. Please see: Upskilling and reskilling courses for wind energy professionals

Wind Energy Ireland

Wind Energy Ireland has a couple of websites that showcase careers in wind energy.

Work in Wind is a careers platform that helps those interested in working in the field find the right job for them.

While, Building Offshore Wind in Ireland is an interactive website allowing people to learn about the work and jobs available in wind energy.

Retrofitting

There is a range of short courses to upskill in the area of retrofitting, also known as nearly-zero energy building (NZEB).

If you're already a construction worker, courses can be between one and four days. If you have limited construction experience, there are longer courses of three weeks available.

There are more than fifty programmes running across the NZEB Centres of Excellence operated by:

• Waterford and Wexford ETB
• Laois and Offaly ETB
• Limerick and Clare ETB
• Cork ETB
• Mayo-Sligo-Leitrim ETB
• City of Dublin ETB

In addition, NZEB Fundamentals courses are offered through Tipperary ETB.

Find your retrofitting course on fetchcourses.ie.

Heat Pump Incentivisation Scheme

Details on the heat pump incentivisation scheme can be found here.

Minister O'Donovan launches new Domestic Heat Pump Installation Incentivisation Scheme for Plumbers

Green skills courses

There are many options available across areas such as:

• construction
• agriculture
• technology
• fashion
• ecology

Many existing further education courses have been updated to include green skills modules. Search and apply for green skills courses.

You can also contact your local education and training board to find green skills courses near you.