Education and Training Series #82: The Nuclear Workforce of the Future – Opportunities and Needs for the International Nuclear Sector
Part of a webinar series hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group since 2016.
Who should attend?
Policymakers, industry professionals, regulators, researchers, students, the general public.
About the "GIF Education and Training" Webinars
These webinars, organised by the GIF Education and Training Working Group are streamed live monthly. The recordings and slide decks are accessible after the webinar on this website. These webinars cover a very broad range of technical and policy related topics. At the end of 2023 they have been viewed by more than 15000 people (approximately half of the views during the live streams and the other half views being of the archives on the public GIF website). In total, the GIF webinars have reached Generation IV enthusiasts, scientists, and engineers in more than 80 countries.
These webinars are organised and hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group (ETWG).
About this Webinar
Although nuclear energy is by far the largest producer of carbon free electricity on the planet, and nuclear applications in healthcare have been saving lives for decades, most people go through life unaware of the career opportunities within the nuclear sector. The need to attract and retain talented people within the nuclear sector has always been important, but as the sector grows it is now becoming an imperative. Questions and topics addressed in this webinar include:
• What does the nuclear workforce look like today, in terms of volumes, locations and skillsets of people in the sector?
• How does the workforce need to evolve and develop to meet the future ambitions of the nuclear sector?
• Increasing awareness of the sector itself and the exciting and purposeful career opportunities that exist.
• Addressing some of the barriers to attracting, recruiting and retaining talent in the nuclear sector.
• Recognising the differentiators that mean hundreds of thousands of people stay with the nuclear sector for their whole career.
• How to find out about career opportunities and either enter or expand your career within the nuclear sector.
Presentation made during the webinar
Meet the presenter
Mr. Callum Thomas is the founder and Chair of Thomas Thor, a recruitment, executive search and HR consulting organisation dedicated exclusively to the global nuclear industry and with offices across Europe, North America and the Middle East. He supports governments, regulators, operators, engineering companies, equipment manufacturers and research organisations in building and sustaining a competent and diverse nuclear workforce. His expertise is in attracting, recruiting and retaining the workforce required to build, operate, maintain and decommission nuclear facilities. Having worked in the nuclear industry across more than 30 countries, Mr. Thomas has a global perspective on human resources and capacity building within nuclear. He is passionate about achieving inclusion and diversity in the global nuclear workforce and co-founded the not-for-profit initiative ‘’Inclusion & Diversity in Nuclear.’’ Mr. Thomas has also consulted for the IAEA in the areas of Human Resource Development and Knowledge Management. He has been involved in initiatives for member states with existing nuclear power infrastructure as well as member states developing new nuclear power programmes.