Gas (upstream), electricity and water

These industries are remarkably similar. Females make up 67-68% of the workforce within the administrative and secretarial occupations and 54-63% of those employed in sales and customer services.  In the gas industry, females are slightly better represented in managerial (24%) occupations, but are still at a lower level than the all sector average. However, within electricity generation companies, it is estimated that just 10% of the workforce are female.

Waste management

As in other industries there are high concentrations of females in administrative and secretarial (73%) and sales and customer service (53%) roles.  Also, one-in-three associate professionals are female, which is higher than in any other energy and utilities utilities.

However, in those occupations that represent the majority of the waste management workforce, plant and machine operatives and elementary occupations, females makeup just 4% and 16% respectively.

Source: Energy & Utility Skills Sector Skills Agreement Stage 1 2006