The policy would allow offshore workers to move between the oil and gas and renewables sector without having to duplicate training.
A Labour government would create an offshore skills passport to allow workers to move between fossil fuels and renewables.
Work has already begun between oil and gas training body OPITO and the National Energy Skills Accelerator with £5 million of Scottish Government funding to create an Energy Skills Passport.Ahead of the visit to the north east of Scotland, he said: “Oil and gas jobs are going to be with us for decades to come.
But Andrew Bowie, the Tory candidate for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, said the best way to ensure the oil and gas jobs in Scotland transition to renewables is by “showing Labour the door — before they get the chance to turn off the taps overnight”. “Skills passports are one part of the solution, and that’s why the cross-industry group OPITO is already engaging on a UK-wide basis, to look at how technical and safety standards can align.
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