The Electricity Supply sector is on a path to substantial and transformational growth. In order to secure energy supply for future generations, the sector needs to re-imagine approaches to attracting, training and retaining the next generation of workers.

Government policy on energy decarbonisation is driving change and innovation, with an ongoing shift towards renewable energy sources across the board. In the next 15 years, a significant portion of New Zealand’s energy will transition to electricity.

To meet New Zealand's growing clean energy needs, the sector needs to hire two people everyday for the next five years and beyond.

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Transformational growth is set against a backdrop of unprecedented labour shortages in construction, infrastructure and IT; serious COVID-19 restrictions on workforce immigration, and a change in long-term immigration policy toward low-volume / high-skills. On top of this, a quarter of the ESI workforce will reach retirement age over the next decade.