Green careers - Skills, resources and courses

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Skills

You don't necessarily need to have particular qualifications or to have studied certain courses to work in a green job, partly as there is such a wide range of roles available.

Research shows that certain subject areas have a stronger link to the green jobs available in Surrey:

  • Business
  • Science
  • Construction, including architecture and urban planning
  • Engineering
  • IT

General transferable skills are also particularly important for companies looking to recruit into green jobs, especially:

  • Communications
  • People and project management
  • Planning

Skills Bootcamps

Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible online courses of up to 16 weeks for Surrey residents giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track career progression.

Our Skills Bootcamps webpage has more details and information on how to get involved.


Links and resources

Below are some external resources about different types of roles.

Note: these are external sites and we are not responsible for the content


Education providers

The tables below contain a list of some of the further education colleges and universities in Surrey, what level of study and the relevant subject areas they offer most associated with green jobs.

Further education and sixth form colleges

OrganisationScience Business /
business management
Health and Safety /
Environmental management
EngineeringIT Architecture /
urban planning
Construction
Brooklands College No Yes No Yes No No Yes
East Surrey College Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Esher Sixth Form College Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Guildford College No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
NESCOT Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Reigate College Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Strodes College Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Woking College Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No

Universities

OrganisationScience Business /
business management
Health and Safety /
Environmental management
EngineeringIT Architecture /
urban planning
Construction
University of Surrey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Royal Holloway, University of London No Yes No Yes Yes No No

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