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UTILITY WEEK | 21ST - 27TH OCTOBER 2016 | 19 started on 3 October, via two different routes – one from Skye and one from Inverness. This first batch of deliveries is expected to be completed, weather permitting, by the end of October. Deliveries are set to recommence in early spring 2017, when the remaining 25 turbines will travel to the site. If you have an asset or project you would like to see featured in this slot, email: paul.newton@fav-house.com Pipe up Jean Llewellyn T he decision to go ahead with Hinkley Point C has started a nuclear renaissance in Britain that will see 16GW of new capacity if sites at Sizewell, Bradwell, Moorside, Wylfa and Oldbury are developed as well. The importance of nuclear to the UK's energy mix is well reported. Currently, nuclear accounts for around 20 per cent of the electricity generation in the UK. Through this renaissance, it is anticipated that nuclear will deliver a third of Britain's electricity requirements in the 2030s. This will help to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 40 million tonnes, attract approximately £80 billion of investment into the UK, and employ up to 30,000 additional people across the new nuclear supply chain at the peak of construction. National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN), its employer members and other nuclear organisations have been preparing for this influx of people and working to address their skills needs for the past decade. With the uncertainty of nuclear new-build, the sector has had to plan for the decision, but without confirmed contracts in the offering, some supply chain companies have been reluctant to start to invest in the workforce required. Now we have the green light, it is time for companies to take action on upskilling and recruitment to deliver the contracts available. A large proportion of the skills needed to work in nuclear and on new-build sites are technical ones that already exist. For example, many of the skills needed for the building of the proposed sites already exist in the construction and manufacturing industries. What was required was an efficient way of ensuring people had an understanding of the nuclear industry to enable all workers to adhere to the requirements for compliance, nuclear awareness and industry behaviours for working in nuclear. To meet this need, NSAN and employers have created a suite of triple bar programmes to provide workers new to nuclear with this understand- ing. This format has proved successful, with almost 14,000 people having undertaken the triple bar courses. To support the sector in developing supervisors and managers to aid in winning and delivering nuclear con- tracts, there is now a triple bar for nuclear leadership. This will provide middle managers, supervisors, team leaders and recent graduates with an understanding of the leadership and management style expected by the nuclear industry and its supply chain across all the sec- tors of nuclear including new-build, supporting existing facilities and decommissioning activities. Jean Llewellyn, chief executive, National Skills Academy Nuclear "It is time for companies to take action on upskilling and recruitment to deliver the nuclear contracts available" Operations & Assets NSAN and employers have created a suite of triple bar programmes