Cogent to launch far-reaching skills forecast including Nuclear New Build

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Cogent to launch far-reaching skills forecast including Nuclear New Build

In response to the emerging nuclear new build scenarios and the need for a complete picture of the whole industry and its supply chain, Cogent currently has a major cross-sector labour market research project in hand to forecast skills demand to detailed skill levels and job contexts for the whole industry.

This research covers decommissioning, defence, new civil build and current operations up to 2025 and builds on the previous skills gap analysis but adds an improved level of detail and sensitivity to change of model.

The new build scenario work, initiated jointly by Cogent and National Skills Academy for Nuclear will form an important report to Department of Energy and Cimate Change and the Office for Nuclear Development. The full series of research reports will be published during 2009 according to the plan below.

Report Title	Issue	Headlines
The Civil Operating Workforce 2009-2025	April 2009	Historical LMI and improvement in granularity Job contexts and skills gaps Replacement Demand Interim decline of heat generation Stable decomm demand Decomm scenarios Slow build up of new generation Time for transition Contractors Prelim new build scenarios Methodology and validation
Defence Workforce 2009-2025	June 2009	First national picture of defence LMI Global markets for Tier 1 supply chain Job contexts and skills gaps Attractiveness v civil sector Defence scenarios Methodology and validation
New Build Scenarios 2009-2025	September 2009	New build scenarios Global markets for Tier 1 supply chain Job contexts and skills gaps Cross sector (Semta, ECITB, CSkills, EU Skills)
Nuclear Skills Futures - Workforce Supply and Demand 2009-2025	October 2009	Integration and update of Reports 1-4 Supply chain Wider context of energy security and low carbon UK Skills capability for Nuclear – Legacy and Posterity Interventions

For more information contact Dr Brian Murphy Research Director brian.murphy@cogent-ssc.com

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For Higher Level Skills: www.cogent-ssc.com/Higher_level_skills

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