About the WINd Project
The Challenge: Skills gaps and job displacement
Europe’s clean energy transition is accelerating, driving rapid growth in the wind energy sector and increasing demand for skilled technicians and operational staff. At the same time, workers in traditional and energy intensive sectors such as electricity, construction, and offshore oil and gas are facing job uncertainty due to sectoral phase-out.
Despite possessing relevant technical experience, many of these workers encounter skills mismatches, limited access to flexible reskilling opportunities, and unclear pathways into the wind energy labour market. In parallel, VET providers and public authorities lack validated, up to date tools to support large scale reskilling aligned with real industry needs.
How WINd responds: Creating opportunities
The WINd project is an Erasmus+ co-funded initiative designed to support a just and inclusive energy transition by addressing workforce and skills challenges in the wind energy sector.
WINd responds to these challenges by:
- Analysing transferable skills and profile compatibility between traditional energy sectors and wind energy roles
- Developing competence based training aligned with labour market demand
- Providing flexible, digital learning solutions that support self-paced reskilling
- Connecting workers directly with employers through dedicated career support tools
Who WINd supports: Target groups
- Workers in transition, seeking job security and sustainable employment in the renewable energy sector
- Wind energy employers, facing skills shortages and rapid workforce expansion
- VET providers and public authorities, requiring validated curricula, methodologies, and tools to implement effective reskilling programmes
Key deliverables: What WINd achieves
To address these challenges, WINd delivers:
- Competence matrices and job transition profiles for key wind sector roles
- A reskilling curriculum available in six European languages
- 120 hours of Open Educational Resources
- A self-guided MOOC and a mobile learning application
- A Career Support Platform offering guidance tools and access to job opportunities
- National Info Days and a Virtual European Conference to disseminate project results
