Green Careers Week 2026
The rapid expansion of the 'green job' sector is creating more employment opportunities, making specific skills valuable for new entrants looking to successfully break into the field. Join us for a series of 5 short sessions, aimed at learners in P6 - S2, that highlight some of the key skills required to work in nature conservation. We'll be speaking to a range of different people working on nature based projects across Scotland, covering surveying, mapping, people skills, practical skills and identification skills. These sessions highlight the wide range of indoor and outdoor opportunities in nature conservation.
| Session | Date | Time | Info |
| Surveying Skills | Monday 2nd November | 11:00 - 11:30 | Understand all about carrying out surveys using a range of different methods. Hear from Butterfly Conservation, NatureScot, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland and the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative as they demonstrate the different survey skills required. |
| Map-Reading Skills | Tuesday 3rd November | 11:00 - 11:30 | Learn about how developing map-reading skills can identify areas, habitats and species that might need protecting. Speakers from NatureScot, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and Saving Scotlands Red Squirrels will share how important this skill is. |
| Identification Skills | Wednesday 4th November | 11:00 - 11:30 | How do we know what we are looking at? The skills of being able to identify plants and animals is very important and Buglife, NatureScot and the British Trust for Ornithology are going to tell you more! |
| Skills for Nature Conservation – People Skills | Thursday 5th November | 11:00 - 11:30 | We are all working towards helping nature and wildlife and people skills can help us share stories, answer questions and work with others. Join Jen Deane and Sara Smith from NatureScot as they share a top 10 list of people skills that are really useful to have. You will also hear from a range of people who are using these skills in their roles with different conservation organisations. |
| Practical Outdoor Skills | Friday 6th November | 11:00 - 11:30 | What do we mean when we talk about practical outdoors skills? Join Jen Deane and Sara Smith from NatureScot and people working around Scotland who are helping to protect the landscape around them. We are going to learn about tree-planting, pollinators and bird boxes. |
Registration
A watch link for the live/recorded webinars will be emailed closer to the event.
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