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Employees in areas such as recycling and forestry will now be offered short and relevant further education. This will give employees important replenishment and ensure that companies get the skills they need. See the industries that have been selected further down in the case.There is a great need for flexible further education offers that can be combined with work. Competence replenishment for those who are already in work will be one of the keys to meeting the needs of working life in the future. These are important offers to the employees and to society in general says Minister of Research and Higher Education Ola Borten Moe Sp.The goal is that employees layoffs and the unemployed in industries with a special need for change gain the necessary competence to master new tasks and thus stay in the job.The industry programs are a splice layer. The state pays for upper secondary education vocational colleges colleges and universities to run and develop relevant offers. The companies and the individual employee invest their time.In the autumn of 2021 the Ministry of Education and Research invited the main organizations to nominate industries. Together with the parties in working life the government has come up with three new industry programs to meet the needs of working life.The three new industries in which continuing and further education is to be developed areThe waste and recycling industryAgriculture forestry and the horticulture industryIndustry and construction industryIt is the employers and employees organizations that together define which educations and trainings are relevant in their industries. Thus these are tailor-made offers that are short and flexible says Borten Moe.The waste and recycling industry comprises around 15800 employees in both municipal enterprises and private enterprises. They have great recruitment needs and there are generally few educational offers for the industry. The challenges apply throughout the country. A program in this industry will meet employees at several levels of education. The industries also have great skills needs and are undergoing restructuring as a result of the green shift.The agricultural forestry and horticultural industries have approximately 29000 employees excluding horticulture where figures are lacking. The industries have different competence needs which are driven by new technology climate change and environmental considerations. There is a particular need for competence development in digital tools precision agriculture and the opportunities that lie in new technology. There is a need for education and courses at all levels of education and throughout the country.Industry and the construction industry There is a need for an increase in skills for skilled workers. Among current subject areas are expertise in battery offshore wind hydrogen and carbon capture and storage. The program will build on the industry program for industry and construction which was started up in 2019 and in addition include offers aimed at industrial clusters. There will be offers from vocational schools universities and colleges and other continuing and further education. In addition to the three new programs eight programs have been continued from 2020 in the following industries Tourism hairdressing retail and specialist trade the construction industry the food and beverage industry the electrical automation renewable and power industries oil gas and the supplier industry and maritime industry.
