Between June 10 and 19, 2020, the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency conducted a survey of business representatives related to personnel of different qualifications by profession. The survey, which lasted 10 days, involved 37 companies, 7 of which were representatives of the energy efficiency industry, 25 of which were companies in renewable energy and 5 companies operating in both sectors, and almost equally of renewable energy companies representing wind and solar energy. The results of this survey were used in the study of JOB CREATION IN THE FIELDS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY IN UKRAINE.

Among the polled business operating in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency, 89.2% companies experience some deficit of the qualified personnel. 67.6% respondents (over 50%) rank it rather significant. The rest of the respondents are split into three groups: 10.8% companies in each group rated the current deficit of personnel as significant (30-50%), not very significant (10-30%) and insignificant (less than 10%).

Companies employing the ‘Engineer/Builder/EPC’ category reported a very significant deficit of qualified personnel. Meanwhile, approximately half of them labelled as deficient all the professions (positions, professions ), while
another half do lack designers and service maintenance specialists. Among the equipment manufacturers, 75.0% report to have a very significant deficit of some skilled technicians while the remaining 25% admit their co-deficit of the technicians, electrical engineers and mechanical engineers.

Companies that contract at a time with such categories as ‘Engineer/Builder/EPC’ and ‘Equipment Manufacturer’ (10.8%) report a very significant shortage of the specialists in the field of innovative new technologies. Another 10.8% companies contracting the both directions at once, ‘Operator/Investment Company’ and ‘Engineer/ Builder /EPC’ prove a significant deficit of electrical engineers and turbine technicians. 10.8% of companies contracting at a time with three categories ‘Engineer / Builder/EPC’, ‘Equipment Manufacturer’ and ‘Operator/Investment Company’ report to have a minor deficit of staff . They emphasize that now, after 9 months of uncertainty in the REW field, no deficit of the qualified personnel is reported. In fact, there is an abundance of requisite specialists
since there is a deficit of the facilities that this personnel could build.

Majority (89.2%) of respondents maintain that over the past five years the qualification of employees in Ukraine in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency has improved. The same share of the respondents invests their own funds into the staff training. 13.5% of companies, due to the development of the renewable energy
sector and energy efficiency in Ukraine, recognize an arrival of such new professions as turbine installers, maintenance service engineers, site managers and project managers. Another 10.8% said that renewable
energy in Ukraine is a new industry, but it requires the same professions as conventional energy technologies. In this context, professions of a technical planner and planner are new for Ukraine.

Almost a third of respondents (32.5%) are convinced that employees can use their own experience and knowledge gained while working in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector where technical skills are
required

EUEA is very thankful to companies who actively participated in the survey and provided all required information.