The Ministry of Environment today released a report on trends in employment in the sustainable energy industry, finding that median starting salaries were 8 percent higher than the average.
This year, “green-collar” vacancies averaged 22,000 per month across nearly 3,600 recruitment companies, 3.29 times higher than eight years ago, the report said.
The median starting salary was NT$40,000 per month for green-collar workers, 8 percent higher than the job market average, with environmental engineers earning the highest at NT$100,000 per month, the ministry and 104 Job Bank told a news conference to announce the results of the report.
Photo: CNA
In the past six years, the median starting salary has grown from NT$35,000 to NT$40,000, an increase of 14.3 percent, the report found.
The highest growth was for environmental engineers, followed by those working in greenhouse gas reduction and waste water management, it said.
The ministry plans to launch a net-zero green talent development alliance next year, collaborating with the public and private sectors to set up development centers in northern, central, southern and eastern Taiwan with the goal of training at least 3,500 people per year, it said.
The report showed that green-collar vacancies had expanded across all major employment sectors, with the information technology, software and microchip sectors requiring more than 4,300 green-collar workers per month, followed by the manufacturing, construction and retail industries respectively.
Green-collar workers were also hired for legal, accounting, research and development, and design industries, averaging 2,300 recruits per month, it said.
The highest number of vacancies were in environmental health and safety roles, followed by sales, engineering and research development, retail operations and project management roles, it said.
The report also found that 22 percent of positions required professional qualifications in the environmental field, 19 percent higher than in 2017.
READY: The CGA said it closely monitored China’s maritime exercise, deployed vessels to shadow the Chinese ships one-on-one and set up emergency response centers Chinese navy and coast guard ships have returned to China, signaling the end of a massive maritime exercise, authorities said yesterday. The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) released images it said showed Chinese vessels sailing north in rough seas past Taiwan on Thursday, on their way to China. “All the Chinese coast guard went back to China yesterday, so although they have not officially made any announcement, we consider it over,” CGA Deputy Director-General Hsieh Ching-chin (謝慶欽) said. Beijing has not confirmed the drills and the Chinese Ministry of National Defense did not say whether the maneuvers had taken place when asked at a
People can take the Taipei MRT free of charge if they access it at Nanjing Sanmin Station or Taipei Arena Station on the Green Line between 12am and 6am on Jan. 1, the Taipei Department of Transportation said on Friday, outlining its plans to ease crowding during New Year’s events in the capital. More than 200,000 people are expected to attend New Year’s Eve events in Taipei, with singer A-mei (張惠妹) performing at the Taipei Dome and the city government’s New Year’s Eve party at Taipei City Hall Plaza, the department said. As people have tended to use the MRT’s Blue or
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: As some roads would be fully or partially closed, people are advised to take the MRT, with services expanded to accommodate more riders This year’s Taipei Marathon, which has obtained its first gold label certification from World Athletics, is to be held from 5am to 1pm tomorrow and would have 28,000 participants. The race is to start from the Taipei City Plaza and would go through major roads throughout the city, with traffic control implemented from 6am to 2pm, officials said. The Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system and New Taipei City MRT Circle line would start operating at 5am on the day of the race, they said. The race would cover Renai Road, Xinyi Road, Hangzhou S Road, Aiguo east and west roads,
Upon its completion next year, the new Tamkang Bridge (淡江大橋) in New Taipei City is to be an important landmark in Taiwan, alongside Taipei 101, Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Shi-kai (陳世凱) said today. The bridge is scheduled to be completed in December next year and open to the public in the first half of 2026, connecting New Taipei City’s Tamsui (淡水) and Bali (八里) districts. It is an asymmetric single-tower suspension bridge, nearly 70 stories tall, designed by world-famous architect Zaha Hadid. The bridge aims to alleviate traffic in Tamsui and on the Guandu Bridge (關渡大橋), in addition to increasing the
RSS