Training provider, Lantra, believes the UK needs to ensure almost 200,000 people are recruited by land based industries over the next 10 years just to maintain current levels, writes Craig McGinty.
Their Skills Assessment report looked at current and future skills needs, noted how job roles are changing, identified the new skills that will be required and examined major shifts in employment.
Lantra say that just to replace those workers set to leave the industry over the next decade, 194,000 new entrants will have to be attracted into the sector.
And, as Lantra highlight, the land-based and environmental sector touches all our lives. It feeds us and is indispensable for our current and future economic prosperity.
Peter Martin, Lantra chief executive, said: "The headline conclusions of the 2010 Skills Assessment support the key messages from previous research studies.
"The rapid changes in the sector driven by global issues, the urgent need to recruit new entrants of all ages, the need to update professional skills through continual professional development and keep up with any technological developments."
Lantra go on to say that they believe there will be a broad range of job opportunities over the next decade in the land-based and environmental industries.
Download and find out more about Lantra's Skills Assessment report.
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