Offshore wind recruitment set to surge

Published date14 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) study found that the sector currently supports more than 31,000 jobs, which is a 16% increase on the 26,000 jobs reported in last year's survey

Of these, 19,600 are direct jobs (solely in offshore wind) and 11,500 are indirect, such as supply chain companies which manufacture products for the offshore wind industry as well as goods for other sectors.

However, the report forecasts that by 2030 the industry will employ 97,465 people, 61,361 of those being direct and 36,104 indirect jobs...

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