Original comment: Like three new environmentally friendly jobs in Anhui
Not long ago, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Anhui Province reviewed and registered three types of work involving environmental protection: hazardous waste treatment workers, carbon emission managers, and building energy conservation and emission reduction consultants. Coupled with the industrial solid waste treatment and disposal workers, industrial waste gas treatment workers and industrial wastewater treatment workers that have been approved for filing, Anhui has 6 types of work involving environmental protection that have been approved for filing by the Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security.
Carrying out environmental protection vocational skills appraisal is an important way to improve the comprehensive professional quality of skilled talents. It is an industry necessity to ensure practitioners 'professional recognition and sense of social belonging. It is also an effective measure to provide basic support for ecological and environmental protection.
As a central province, Anhui is an important industrial base in my country. The hazardous waste treatment market has grown rapidly in recent years. According to statistics, excluding medical waste, the total amount of hazardous waste generated in Anhui Province in 2022 will be 2.79 million tons, and 2.785 million tons of hazardous waste will be utilized and disposed (excluding the temporary stock of waste-producing units). 167,800 tons of hazardous waste will be removed across provinces, and 540,400 tons of hazardous waste will be transferred across provinces. With the rapid development of the incremental market for hazardous waste treatment, companies have a large demand for hazardous waste treatment workers. At present, there is a large shortage of hazardous waste treatment professionals in Anhui Province, especially county-level hazardous waste treatment units.
With the establishment and improvement of the carbon emissions trading market, in order to achieve carbon emission reduction, more and more companies need to set up carbon emission management positions to specialize in monitoring, reporting, and verification of corporate carbon emissions. Estimates show that in order to serve the construction and development of the carbon market, the carbon market in Anhui Province alone needs tens of thousands of carbon asset managers. At present, the supply of carbon emission management talents in Anhui Province is far from meeting market demand. Although some colleges and universities have offered courses related to carbon emission management, the province's current professional, standardized and efficient carbon emission management talent training system is not perfect, and there is a large gap in carbon emission management talents.
In terms of building energy conservation and emission reduction, Anhui Province has introduced a series of preferential policies. For example, rewards and subsidies are given to construction projects that meet energy conservation and emission reduction standards, enterprises are encouraged to adopt advanced energy-saving technologies and equipment; building energy conservation and emission reduction are supervised and assessed, and enterprises are promoted to implement their main responsibilities for energy conservation and emission reduction. Faced with the vast market space and development opportunities for energy conservation and emission reduction, as well as strict policy requirements, to implement and implement building energy conservation and emission reduction policies, a large number of building energy conservation and emission reduction consultants will be needed.
The author believes that the new types of work in Anhui Province cater to the urgent needs of the market for talents in hazardous waste treatment, carbon emission management, and building energy conservation and emission reduction, and help establish a formalized and skilled team of professional and skilled talents. At the same time, universities and social professional institutions can also be guided to train personnel in relevant fields and improve corresponding work levels.
