New figures published today highlight that high-quality, high-skilled jobs are being created by the UK’s civil nuclear industry in ‘every part of the country’. The Nuclear Industry Association’s 2016 Jobs Map shows 65,791 people are now working in the sector – an increase of more than 2,000 on last year. The latest statistics – updated annually by the NIA – in its Civil Nuclear Jobs Map also highlights the number of women, apprentices and graduates employed in the industry. More than one fifth all of all employees are female, almost 2,000 are on an apprenticeship programme and over 1,000 are part of a graduate scheme.
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