Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) is focused upon the skills agenda of the UK gas industry, in both the downstream and upstream areas. The total workforce for upstream gas is 20,000 and for downstream is 123,700.
Gas Upstream
In privatising the gas industry in 1986, the government's objective was to deliver lower energy costs through the introduction of competition. This led to significant changes in both ownership and structure across the industry. As a result, the last two decades have provided the regulatory frameworks and experience such that the UK leads the world in utility change and is often most used internationally as the template.
Gas Downstream
This sub-sector of gas is characterised by a plethora of self-employed and very small companies providing installation and maintenance services to industrial, commercial and domestic customers. The only entry requirement into the market is that of CORGI registration, which requires all workers involved in working in these activities to demonstrated their competency, every five years.
Industry Liaison Group
The Industry Liaison Group (ILG) is a standing sub group set up by and reporting into the Accredited Certification Scheme Scheme Committee (ACSSC).
The group is open to anyone who is impacted or affected by the current Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS).
