Request: Any push for 'green jobs' or 'green-training' at your clients or workplace?

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Permalink Reply by Gill Connellan on January 14, 2010 at 2:04pm

Hi Ashwell
I thought there would be a greater interest, but so far we are finding that there is very little acknowledgement by business about the importance of "greening" the business. I have made some broad enquiries about whether the subject is coming up in business planning, strategic planning and budgets, and have found that it is not really even a part of the business objectives with all the companies we have talked to. Gill Connellan

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Permalink Reply by Janelle Gravett on January 14, 2010 at 2:39pm

Hi Ashwell. I know of a large cement manufacturer that is very envionmentally aware and has taken steps to ensure carbon emmission in cement manufacture are reduced. You can contact me on janelle@sassda.co.za and I can discuss it with you in more detail. But as Gill notes, currently not many organisations are interested or make it part of stat panning, objectives etc. Janelle

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Permalink Reply by Ashwell Glasson on January 14, 2010 at 3:13pm

Dear Gill,

Thank you very much for your key input. I suspect that it will become a growing component and skills requirement in the near future. From a transactional or process perspective I was wondering if we would see any 'green-jobs' or 'green-skills' needs being communicated to external and internal SDF's for incorporation into training plans for 2010 and 2011. No doubts it will become a growing theme for enterprises, specifically for SDF's to communicate to their client for knowledge-sharing purposes. With climate change and related pressures building, environmental education and specifically adaptation competencies will move out of the traditional environmental school and bush experience into the mainstream occupations and workplace domain.

I am currently working on a green jobs initiative, plus the introduction of a labour market information systems and analysis approach to supplying skills information, rather than the static nature of the existing Sector Skills Plan approach. It does not really provide up-to-date responsive information for meaningful training decisions. On another note, the National Department of Environmental Affairs is actively developing a Environmental Sector Skills Plan, but in the absence of a SETA to act as the custodian for its implementation, it might be difficult to evaluate its impact.

Thank you again for the discussion. Much appreciated.

Kind regards
Ashwell Glasson

Gill Connellan said:

Hi Ashwell
I thought there would be a greater interest, but so far we are finding that there is very little acknowledgement by business about the importance of "greening" the business. I have made some broad enquiries about whether the subject is coming up in business planning, strategic planning and budgets, and have found that it is not really even a part of the business objectives with all the companies we have talked to. Gill Connellan

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