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Generic Skills Survey 2003 Occupational Analysis

Generic Skills Survey 2003 Occupational Analysis. Introduction. Future Skills Wales 2003 Occupational Analysis has been generated from evidence gained from the 2003 Employer Survey Focus on Generic Skills transferable across occupations

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Generic Skills Survey 2003 Occupational Analysis

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  1. Generic Skills Survey 2003Occupational Analysis

  2. Introduction • Future Skills Wales 2003 Occupational Analysis has been generated from evidence gained from the 2003 Employer Survey • Focus on Generic Skills transferable across occupations • Purpose: to assist in developing policy and planning the provision of service delivery. • Information on attitudes and perceptions will help agencies to remove barriers to training.

  3. Overview • Employers anticipate skill requirements will rise in future • Employers agree which skills are most important across occupations. • IT – The biggest increase in skills requirements over the next three years. • Welsh language skills – employers expect their requirements to rise. • Biggest focus on skills required for the growth expected in Service occupations.

  4. Occupational Structure • Wales has relatively more employment in lower-level occupations • Associated with declining industries • Wales has lower share of many management and professional occupations • Since 1998 the occupational mix in Wales and the UK has changed – movement towards professional, sales, administrative and care occupations

  5. Occupational Structure • Since 1998 the Occupational Mix in Wales has changed: • Strongest Employment Growth has been in: • Textiles, printing & other skilled trades • Caring and personal services • Science & Technology associate professionals • Sales • Culture, Media & Sports • Health & Social welfare associate professionals • Business & Public Service associate professionals

  6. Occupational Structure • Looking Forward : 2003-2008 • Occupational Growth – The Next 5 Years: • Health Professionals • Secretarial & Related • Caring & Personal Service • Health & Social Welfare associate professionals • Culture, Media & Sport • Leisure & Personal Service • Sales • Business & Public Service associate professionals

  7. Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future Is Wales In A Low-skills Trap? • Employers’ Attitudes to Skills • Greater attention needs to be paid to encourage demand for skills. • Respondents aware of the importance of skills, but few agree investment in skills brings business benefits

  8. Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future • Hard to Fill Vacancies • 22% of employers said they had vacancies • 62% said one or more vacancies were hard to fill • Smaller firms suffer most • 13% reported elementary administration & service occupations, 11% for sales occupations • Distribution, hotels and restaurants especially

  9. Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future Hard to Fill Vacancies • Variation reported from “all who have hard-to-fill vacancies”: • Manufactures seemed to find business and public services professional posts hardest to fill – 19% with vacancies • Banking & Finance sector have problems with administrative occupations – 9% with vacancies • Leisure occupations problems reported • Sales occupations harder to fill in the distribution, hotel & restaurants sectors

  10. Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future • All employers believed that skills requirements will be higher in 3 years time – by far the most important are IT skills. • Most Important Skills required: • Understanding Customer Needs – Primary importance • Communication Skills – Primary importance • Adaptability & Flexibility • Management Skills • Leadership / Motivational skills • Entrepreneurial skills • Welsh language skills – low down the list but has a training implication

  11. Skills Gaps by Occupation Skills Gaps by Occupation • Gaps between the skills employees have now and those needed to meet current business objectives • 19% of firms in Wales reported skills gaps • Skills gaps more prevalent among managers • 5% reported for Administrative & Secretarial • Manufacturing 11% & Construction 15% skill gap shortage

  12. Skills Gaps by Occupation Training • Employers Providing Off-The-Job Training – past 12 months: • 54% provided it for their managers • 7% provided it for plant, process & machine operatives • 65% Highest provision for managers was in Public Administration, Education & Health Sector • Occupations quite highly skilled received bulk of training support • Lower skills base receive crumbs from the training table

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