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JULY 2015 WET NEWS 3 Accessorize your pump hire • Temporary installations • Environmental products • Cost effective solutions When pumps are needed to move water, wastewater or sludge, selecting the correct hoses and accessories is essential to ensure that tasks are carried out safely and efficiently. The comprehensive Sykes Pumps range ensures that, whatever the application, you can hire what you need. A Accessories available for hire include: hoses, fittings, control panels, settlement tanks, drip trays, fuel tanks, road ramps, venturi jet aerators and many more. The Sykes Pumps range of hoses and accessories has been selected to complement the full range of pumps available for hire, meaning you can source everything you need from one supplier, reducing purchasing time, paperwork and cost. E mployers in the energy and utility sectors are collaborating over a new initiative designed to generate a pool of quali ed sta in a bid to overcome the skills shortage. The new Talent Source Network (TSN) is a pioneering industry- led initiative that promotes meaningful connections between employers and talent communities ensuring energy and utilities are seen as employment industries of choice. The aim of the employers within the network is to pioneer new ways of working that will enable them to tackle the longer term skills gaps in the industry. Their rst two priorities are young people and service leavers looking for entry points into the sector and new training opportunities. In addition, the group will work to retain experienced talent within the industry, e ectively acting as a 'clearing house' for the sector. Led by employers in the Energy & Eƒ ciency Industrial Partnership, and supported by Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) and the National Skills Academy for Power, Talent Source Network will build a quality quali ed talent pool of 1,500 by September 2015 and 5,000 by September 2016. Talent Source Network will provide a site where: • Candidates can learn what it is like to work in the sector, stay engaged and gain privileged access to people, employers, training and careers contact not available elsewhere • Employers can engage and hire accredited talent pools of youth, service leavers and professional workers in a collaborative network • Partners can represent and C lean beaches, fertile farmland and wild wetlands could be improved if policy makers collaborated, according to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). The trust has identi ed that the diverse group of interests that manage land and sea in the UK o' en work at odds with each other. WWT hopes to bring policy makers together to nd solutions that will help achieve their goals more e ectively, and bene t others. The group includes farmers, ports, shery authorities, wildlife charities, as well as local authorities and government agencies. The trust hopes to address Talent Source Network tackles skills shortage " Energy and utility organisations unite to create talent pool of 5000 quali ed workers by September 2016. promote opportunities from within the sector to the candidates they work. They can also refer interested talent in to the collaborative network Kate Davies, chief operating oƒ cer of EU Skills, added: "Employers in the Partnership have been running ground- breaking pilot programmes over the past year to encourage a wider range of people into our industry. Talent Source Network will o er employers the chance to refer candidates into the pool and help them nd the role they're looking for within the industry. "This kind of cross-sector collaboration is incredibly exciting and speaks volumes for the commitment and vision these employers have when it comes to longer term workforce planning, skills and training." This project has been partly supported by the government, with Employer Ownership funding. Only 6% of UK engineers are female. See how we're working to inspire young female engineers of the future #NWED @TheIET You what? The National Women in Engineering Day #NWED took place on June 23 800+ gathered for @GWR attempt of simultaneous jumping #HighFive. A historic and fun achievement. #NWED15 #NWED @ICE_London WET News is registered at Stationers' Hall. Origination by Faversham House and TR Clash Ltd. Printed by Buxton Press, Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AE. Copyright 2015. Faversham House. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission from the publishers. Every eš ort is made to ensure the accuracy of material published in WET News. However, Faversham House will not be liable for any inaccuracies. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the editor or publishers. Text paper is printed on PEFC accredited paper. For more info see www.PEFC.org. License number PEFC/16-33-141. 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Well done to all. #engineering @IMechE amazing start to the day @HMeese_IMechE Collaborate to improve wetlands NEED TO KNOW 200,000-plus people are needed to join the energy and utilities sector over the next ten years, says the Energy and E« ciency Industrial Partnership 47% of specialist contractors have experienced more di« culty in recruiting skilled labour, according a NSCC survey British Water says at least 40,000 staš are laid oš as a result of the troughs in the ve-yearly AMP cycles EU Skills statistics reveal that 139,500 people work in the water industry in England, 28,500 of which are employed by the regulated water companies and utilities the issue at its Wetland Futures conference, being held on October 14-15 in Birmingham. WWT's Conservation Policy oƒ cer Hannah Freeman said: "Heavy storms are on the increase because of climate change. A storm can wash away a beach, but it will also overwhelm sewage systems and wash soil and fertiliser downstream into coastal waters where it can cause dangerous algal blooms. The ž ip side is that as the coast is washed away, farmland inland is put at risk of ž ooding with sea water. "This is just one example of how these problems are connected, but a ect di erent people in di erent ways." Happy #NWED15 everyone! Another year of making the world a better place! @WES1919 smarkus It's National Women in Engineering Day #NWED! Together we can change perceptions... #notjustforboys @atkinsglobal Did you know? The number of women studying #engineering & tech at uni has risen by almost 1/3 over past decade #NWED @bisgovUK As the coast is washed away, farmland inland is put at risk of flooding with sea water

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