Posts Tagged ‘Green Jobs’

80,000 Green Jobs for Ireland!

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Green technology applications only limited by our imagination

Green technology applications only limited by our imagination

80,000 Green Jobs for Ireland! Thats the target in a report commissioned by the governments High Level Action Group centering on the global $700 Billion Green economy.

Innovation is the key to developing these jobs in the Green enterprise sector as part of a series of renewal projects aimed at recovering  the Irish Economy. The strategy is aimed at attracting investment and creating long term sustainable jobs which will contribute to long term growth.

The Global market for Green services and products is estimated in the regions of $700 Billion and will exceed this by 2010. As it stands, the Irish economy’s share of this is close to $3 Billion with potential for further growth.

The private and public sector currently accounts for almost $30 Billion investment in infrastructure and energy projects which if Ireland acts quickly could mean Ireland seeing significant further market share gains as competition for opportunities and investment in this sector increases across the globe.

Already Ireland is actively involved with and targeting areas such as; World Class Green R&D, Energy Conservation Projects, Renewable Energy, , Green Procurement, Waste Managment, Waste Water Treatment  and  Green Enterprise Zones.

The future is bright the future is Green.

For and against Science?

Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Flat.. or Round? - For and against Science

Flat.. or Round? - For and against Science

For and against Science? This is apparently the image presented at the Global Irish Economic Forum by Green Minister Eamonn Ryan who on the one hand wants to promote Green technology but on the other hand wants to have Ireland declared a country where all food items linked to GM will be banned.

Not only does this appear to be impractical but it also seriously detracts from Ireland’s reputation as a country that is open to scientific research in all fields of research and development.

When so much of our economy today rests on exploring all aspects and branches of scientific research and development- and more relevantly the  appliance of science, it is baffling to see the logic underlying the green party ministers proposals.

Why should one aspect or application of science be more or less deserving of merit than another?

Given the increase in the human population in the past twenty years alone, climate changes leading to less and less useable land given over to agriculture, crops will need to be hardier and different kinds of crops will need to be developed to meet just some of these challenges.

To take a dubious moral high ground that seeks to ignore and discredit  a complete strand of science and the scientific and practical benefits of genetically modified foods is ignorant and shortsighted. Worse it is stating to the Scientific World that we do not understand the very basis of science and do not have any credibility in claiming to be a progressive and pro-scientfic country.

GM research and development (R&D)has real scientific merit and the potential to create jobs where this country desperately needs them.

If we declare Ireland a GM free zone, then also we deny reality and pass opportunity to our competitors who will surely reap the rewards. We will also contribute further to the brain drain that is becoming more and more a threat to the Irish Scientific Research community.

But perhaps science and reason will yet prevail- after all there was a time when people believed the Earth was flat…

Green Light for Green Jobs

Monday, October 12th, 2009
A Mechanical Commissioning Engineer ensures his harness in safely in place.

A Mechanical Commissioning Engineer ensures his harness in safely in place.

Good morning and welcome to My science jobs with news that we have a green light for green jobs.

Recently at the IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology) symposium, the Irish government with the backing of Major Multinationals such as Intel and Microsoft and supported by sustainable Energy Ireland, have made a commitment to drive greater resources into the Smart economy.

In paticular this will be in the areas of Green IT and Green Tech jobs.

This commitment will include:-

Ensuring the supply of  highly skilled talent and the supply of high achieving graduates up to Phd level.

Investing heavily in research and development and enhancing the environment between Academic and market facing commercial interests.

Implementation of a “Green Deal” and moving towards Green Renewable Energies and away from Fossil fuel energy programs.

Promoting Green Collar jobs and Green Enterprise.

Within the Green Collar Jobs sector there are a number of employment possibilities covering such aspects as energy production as well as conservation not simply related to areas such as wind turbine manufacture. Opportunities here exist for a wide variety of professional engineers such as:- Precision Tooling Engineers, Toolmakers, Mechanical, Electrical, Automation and Manufacturing Engineers.

R&D carried out in Ireland has also led to the development and manufacture of micro turbines that can produce electrical energy in even the smallest of wind environments and as a result have made them cheaper to manufacture and increasingly attractive to a wider range of customers both domestic as well as commercial. The implications for the marketing and sale of these devices and the possibility for increases in employment growth is therefore significant.

Here we can see opportunities for Moulding Engineers, Project Managers and Project Engineers in addition to Systems and Telecommunications Engineers

Additionally,  in areas such as inteligent lighting systems that detect the level of ambient light and switch of lights when they are not needed. These specific inteligent public lighting systems are already in operation in Germany and are being looked at with keen interest by Intel who have been quick to see their application globally, these too are manufactured here in Ireland.

Again we have seen there has bene an increase in the demand for manufacturing, QA/QC, Mechanical and Tooling Engineers as well as Project Managers, Mechanical and Electrical Technicians, Equipment Engineers, Schedulers and Planners as demand is expected to increase.

Green Tech and Green Research & Development  then offers considerable long term employment prospects for native Irish  engineering talent. For further information on Green jobs in the green technology and Green R&D jobs, stay tuned or visit Jackie Brown Medical for further recruitment opportunities in a host of new technology sectors such as Medical Device jobs, Manufacturing jobs, Engineering jobs and science jobs.