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This report explores the pathways into the clean energy workforce and provides a clear set of recommendations to address the barriers that limit the pool of skills and talent entering the industry. The recommendations include: calibrate higher education to meet clean energy industries' interests; anticipate clean energy workforce needs; raise the profile of working in clean energy as an opportunity for all Australians; establish a Transition Authority; enhance the vocational education and training (VET) sector's capacity to understand and meet the demands of industry; and raise the international profile of Australia as a centre of clean energy expertise.

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Victoria is in need of new sources of employment and economic activity. This was given additional urgency following decisions by several major Victorian-based manufacturers to exit the Australian market. The state needs new jobs that are sustainable, in sectors that have significant future growth potential. Clean energy is one of many sectors that can make an added contribution to Victoria's economy. It has the capacity to provide a large number of new jobs along with a range of other social, economic and environmental benefits.

This paper is deliberately focused on policy recommendations that involve either simple tweaks to existing policy settings, modest regulatory changes or expenditure of existing funds, to better embrace renewable energy or energy efficiency technologies in Victoria. These opportunities are all grounded in reality and include recommendations for clear and concrete actions that can generate real results without the need for major new programs or complex reforms. Even greater opportunities exist for job creation through more comprehensive reforms, but here [the authors] have focused on the need to have policies that can be enacted quickly without the need for lengthy development of programs or regulations.

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