Annual Report 2025
News Roundup 2025
With the GWWO 2025-2030 as a stepping stone, 2025 saw significant progress towards our goal of enabling a safe and effi- cient energy transition, from the release of national and international guidelines and training standards, to the cementing of new collaborations. Addressing the gaps identified in GWWO’s 2024 edition, we advanced several initiatives aimed at strengthening the energy workforce of the future, with the launch of three milestone publications. Job Roles in Wind: Mapping Career Pathways for Wind Turbine Technicians provides an overview of key roles within the wind industry, while the continuous development of the inter- national Jobs4RE creates a scalable framework for governments and industry to connect people to training and employment opportunities. The third of its kind globally, the Brazilian ABEEólica Guideline for Safety and Professional Training in the Wind Industry was launched during Brazil Windpower. But to close the workforce gap, employers must look to more than new and young entrants. In 2025, our REcognition scheme was tested in an innovative multi-stakeholder format in a cross-skilling pilot programme supporting transferability between the oil and gas and wind industries. On the Requirements and Standards side, the year saw the addition of Hand Tool Awareness and Dropped Object Prevention training to ten standards, as well as the launch of the GWO High Voltage Training Standard’s first two modules, Operations & Cable Pulling. The Standards were later debated at the Forum ‘25, where an insightful workshop on assessments led to the identification of a need to focus on learning outcomes in future Standards development. 2025 was also the year that we expanded into the solar industry, partnering with GSC, establishing the Solar Training Commit- tee and releasing the Solar Safety Training and Solar Technical Training Standards (S-ST and S-TT). In addition to meeting new partners and learning more about the Solar Training Standards, the Forum ‘25 gave our communi- ty the opportunity to delve into topics such as workforce development, how GWO Standards are developed, and learning design and outcomes, as well as the annual Awards ceremony. Internally, 2025 has been a year of organisational growth, aligning with and supporting the energy industry’s workforce devel- opment needs. And with the latest edition of the GWWO, released in December, forecasting an 87% growth in wind energy by 2030, the case for a shared alignment on job roles and career pathways in the global energy sector is compelling. Three New Members Join GWO In 2025, we welcomed three new members to our community. With their arrival, the GWO General Assembly broadened our membership base to include Independent Service Providers (ISPs) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction compa- nies (EPCs). Their additions will align the organisation’s strategic focus with the transformation of the industry’s work alongside the GWO Secretariat to develop, review and implement minimum safety and technical training standards.
The ABEEólica Guideline, the third national guideline of its kind and co-developed by ABEEólica and GWO for the Brazilian market, was launched at Brazil Windpower 2025.
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Solar Safety Training (S-ST)
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