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South East
Within the South East region approximately 55,900 people work in the energy and utilities sector. This represents 12.8% of the total energy and utilities workforce in England. There were also 6,040 energy and utilities businesses based within the region.
In terms of the ethnic make-up of the regional workforce 97.1% are classified as White, with just 2.9% being drawn from any other ethnic groups. The qualifications profile of the regional energy and utilities workforce is slightly higher than the UK average with 4% more employees holding Level 3 and above qualifications than the UK average. This is however partially off set by 5% less employees holding intermediate qualifications at Level 2 than the UK average.
17.9% of existing regional energy and utilities employers believe that at least some of their current workforce has skills gaps, including customer handling, team working and technical, practical and job specific skills.
Source: Energy & Utility Skills Sector Skills Agreement Stage 1 2006
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