A union chief has warned that some oil and gas workers transitioning into renewable jobs could face a £20,000 pay cut.
Unite's John Boland told MSPs in Holyrood that an electrician in oil and gas faced a cut "in the range of about £20,000" for the same job in offshore wind.
He added that, after looking through job adverts in offshore wind, they show "very similar" salaries to those in onshore wind.
"There needs to be a realisation like what was realised in oil and gas," he said.
"If you’re going to be working 14 days/21 days, 12 hours a day, offshore, away from your family, there’s got to be a degree of compensation for doing that.
"There is a small pool of actually skilled people there and skilled people generally will go where the money is.
"If the money’s not there then industry will find that there is a skills shortage and the only option they’re going to have is to compete with the other industries that are paying higher wages."
Energy Transition Zone's Maggie McGinlay told MSPs that industry faces challenges in attracting young people to the sector.
The construction of a skills hub is underway in Aberdeen, it is hoped that will provide more opportunity for young people to get jobs in renewables.