Heather Reid – video transcript
Well, the television is actually quite a small part of my job because in real life I'm a weather forecaster, so I analyse all the weather data that we receive here in Scotland from the Met Office.
I think Scotland is ideally placed to really take advantage of the green sector and the green jobs that will grow over the next several years.
It's not just the weather it's also the landscape it's also our lochs and our coastline that really make Scotland very attractive for investigating further the green issues that we're faced with today, so I think it's really important that you try and find out as much as possible about the jobs available, about the sort of things you could be doing and green jobs don't just offer good salaries and great opportunities to travel around the world, because these are global issues but it's also an interesting area to work, you know, it's an area that is constantly changing.
We're learning something new about the environment and about climate change almost every day so it's not boring, you are getting challenges all along the way and, you know, the whole green sector is huge, it's not just about wind turbines or tidal power, there are so many jobs associated with the science, the technology and also the impact of all this technology, so whether it's British Antarctic Survey or the Forestry Commission or town planning, because we will need to deal with rising water levels and higher rainfall amounts, so I think Scotland can really make the most of its proud heritage; you know, we're good at science, we've been leaders when in comes to science, engineering and also when it comes to business and innovation.
So we have all the ingredients there to make the green jobs of the future come here to Scotland and be very successful for the Scottish population.