The hinge module that steps back from the project-controls work and asks the why. The transition to Net Zero is the largest infrastructure transformation in history, and the project-controls skills the cohort have just learned are exactly the skills that transformation requires.
This module also returns to the systems architecture from Module 1: the ten functions describe not just projects, but the global system attempting to transition to a sustainable economy. Sensing the climate. Deciding policy. Resourcing the rebuild.
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Understand why the transition to Net Zero is the defining infrastructure challenge of their generation
- Know what the World Economic Forum identifies as the fastest-growing and fastest-declining job roles
- See how the project controls skills they have learned map directly to future green careers
- Understand what carbon literacy means and why it is becoming a professional requirement
- Explore career pathways in energy, sustainability, construction, and infrastructure
- Connect the global system (climate, economy, policy) to the ten-function architecture from Module 1
- Articulate why the skills they have learned this week are the skills the economy needs most
Sections
- 6.1 The Biggest Project in History
- 6.2 Future Jobs: What is Growing, What is Shrinking
- Source: World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report
- Data Roles in Projects: Data Analyst, Data Scientist (and beyond)
Cross-curriculum
- KS4 Science — Ecology and the environment (the science of climate and sustainability)
- Life and Work — Employability (career pathways into the green economy)
- Life and Work — Citizenship (the civic and political dimensions of climate transition)
Suggested evidence types
- Mapping of own GIGF skills onto WEF future-jobs categories
- Career pathway plan (3 possible green-economy roles the learner finds interesting)
- Reflection on the relationship between climate, economy, and the systems architecture from Module 1