George Ritchie Senior Vice President – HR, IT & Industrial Park Services Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Limited

1. George RitchieSenior Vice President – HR, IT & Industrial Park ServicesSembcorp Utilities (UK) Limited • A member of NEPIC’s Leadership Team – Chairman of the Skills & Education Engagement Strategy Group • A Board member of Cogent Sector Skills Council, representing Chemicals and Audit Committee • Chairman for the Chemicals Advisory Council • Chairman of the North East Regional Skills Board for the National Skills Academy for the Process Industries • Project Director/Overview Director for the Tees Valley Apprenticeship Programme (TVAP) • A North East Region Apprenticeship Ambassador for National Apprenticeship Service

2. A reminder - Skills, Education & Engagement Action Plan

3. Skills Team Education & Engagement Team Overlapping projects Focused on GDP gap closure Defining resources and meeting needs New process, bio and engineering technician courses and standards Graduate and Higher level projects inc. Skills and leadership Identifying and addressing skill gaps and shortages Competency framework School Leaver Support to National Academy Qualifications, Diplomas & curriculum development Adult resourcing and re-training provisions Ongoing team support and infrastructure –articulation of industry needs Developing industry career models Underpinning & infrastructure SEU support projects Expanding best sub-regional practice throughout the region e.g. Tees Valley SEU New education projects Develop and implement strategy to engage young people Engaging communities through corporate social responsibility

4. Start Feb/Mar 07 26 trainees (Proc) Available Oct 07 18 years minimum Process & Eng Post Graduates All adults Short conversion Process 19-24 years 3 year programme Old PPO1/2 Overseas Process & Engineering Adult available KEY DRIVERS Armed Forces Accredited 19-24 yrs Overseas Recruitment JC+ GDP GROWTH Training Providers Sustainable & growing Process industry C O M P A N Y C O L L A B O R A T I O N Sector Skills Batch & Process Tech Apps Graduates STEP Studentship TVAP 16-18 yrs 16-21 years Process. Multi Skilled. 4 yrs sponsored Consortium All ages. Process. 3 yrs sponsored. Commences 2007. Consortium UK & Overseas. New & experienced Overseas Process & Engineering adult available 0-6 months All disciplines. Ongoing 7-12 months 12-48 months

5. Education Engagement Proposal put forward for activities that could be made to break-even Because of loss of public funding these would be reliant on partial sponsorship from businesses Continuing to offer Planetarium and Science Show in the meantime STEMPOINT Northumberland contract ended March 2011. New contract holder to be sought for Tyne & Wear/ Northumberland jointly.

6. Education Team 3 out of 4 staff in Education Team have left Last member is expected to leave September Administration support now from Wilton office when necessary In discussion with potential handover of the planetarium – to be decided with MSD Considering how to ensure other assets are utilised for the benefit of schools and industry

7. Continuing Education Input Universities and others, such as A4e continue to offer education engagement Chemistry Jamboree may be continued by Newcastle/ Northumbria Universities CCI will continue whilst funded by members – due for renewal in Summer! Wilton Site companies will continue CCI for their area Hopefully NEPIC members will find ways to continue to offer support to schools local to their sites Educationalists cannot be expected to know about us if we don’t make an effort to educate them!!

8. Employer Strategic Account Tyne Wear Dev Regional Development Agency One North East BENE NBS NSAPI NEPIC Cogent Training Providers UKTI Job Centre+ Skills Funding Agency Government NAS Young People Learning Agency Local Authority Europe Schools BENE, Business Enterprise North East, (Business Link) NAS, National Apprenticeship Service NEPIC, North East Process Industry Cluster UKTI, United Kingdom Trade and Industry NBS, Northumberland Business Service Strategic Account, Tyne and Wear dev Company and Tees Valley Unlimited

9. Our Mission To meet the skill needs of the Cogent industries to allow them to compete successfully We are doing this through: • Being the voice of employers on skills • Designing qualifications • Attracting young people into the Sector • Understanding industry skills needs

10. Cogent – our footprint Cogent Industries: • Petroleum • Oil & Gas • Chemicals • Pharmaceuticals • Bioscience • Polymers • Nuclear

11. PetroleumJohn Llewellyn – Murcojohn.llewellyn@murphyoilcorp.com T: 01646 696430 Brian Worrall – Chevronbrianworrall@chevron.com T: 0207 719 3183 Cogent SSC Ltd Board of Directors Polymers *Chris Horton – Linpac Plastics UK chris.horton@linpac-plastics.co.uk T: 01977 636508 Brian McCann - Clarehill Plastics brian.mccann@clarehill.com T: 02892 612672 Specialist KnowledgeNigel Brooksbynigel.brooksby@steel-bars.co.uk T: 07801 979024 Chris Hunt – UKPIAchris.j.hunt@ukpia.com T: 0207 632 9881 AcademiaAmarjit Basi – Walsall College abasi@walsallcollege.ac.uk T: 01922 6570123 Vacancy CogentKarl Gorge – Finance Directorkarl.gorge@cogent-ssc.com 01925 515228Joanna Woolf - CEO joanna.woolf@cogent-ssc.com 01925 515209 UnionsTony Burke – Unite (Amicus section) tony.burke@unitetheunion.com T: 0207 420 8900 Dai Hudd – Prospect dai.hudd@prospect.org.uk T: 0207 902 6600 Chemicals George Ritchie – SembCorp Utilitiesgeorge.ritchie@sembcorp.comT: 01642 212005Steve Westhead – Solutia UK snwest@solutia.com T: 01633 754320 PharmaceuticalsChris Lewis - AstraZeneca chris.lewis@astrazeneca.com T: 01625 513377 John McConnell – Aesica john.mcconnell@aesica-pharma.com T: 0191 2181960 Nuclear*David Barber – EDF Energy david.barber@edf-energy.comT: 01452 652222Ian Hudson – NDA Ian.hudson@nda.gov.uk T: 01925 802154 NSA Process IndustryAllan Laing - Pentagon Specialty Chemicals Ltd amlaing@pentagonchemicals.co.uk, T. 0151 422 3384 ChairJohn Beacham jaybea@ntlworld.com T: 01928 563330 October 2010 * National Skills Academies

12. Cogent – five key supply chains

13. Downstream Pharmaceutical and Pharma Biotechnology Life Sciences – with a focus on research Chemicals and Industrial Biotechnology George Ritchie Chair Polymers

14. Value Chain for Cogent and Academies SQS Qualifications Valued by employers NOS, modular qualifications and industry standard training Level 2 - Degree Employer Demand Quality Assured Provision Employee CPD Learning • Employer Engagement • Industry strategy • Job and Training Standards • Education and qualification needs • Skills gaps and shortages • Research • LMI Forecasting skills supply and demand • Education & Qualifications • Qualification development and reform • Apprenticeship frameworks • Common Industry Standard • Skills Infrastructure • Sector Compact • Funding • Train to Gain Brokerage • Stakeholder Engagement • Project Funding • Policy • Employer Engagement • Individual companies – skills, training and recruitment issues • Union identified issues • Delivering solutions • Product & Services • Skills Passports • Training Needs Assessment (ASET) • Industry Standard Training • Brokerage • Providers • Quality Assured Provider Network Secure Funding £ COGENT ACADEMY Cogent’s focus is towards the left side of the Value Chain – developing strategic skills action plans, considering future business environments and the implications on skills, as well as setting standards and representing the employer voice. At the other end of the Value Chain the National Skills Academies engage with employers and then commission and deliver skills solutions, products and services to meet their needs.

15. + + + Industry training standards Products and platforms Job Standards Qualifications The Industry Standards Setting Body Industry qualifications and training standards – we will hear more on this shortly from Ian...

16. Policy Context • Coalition Policy • Deficit reduction • Free markets replacing managed markets for skills • Increase in tuition fees in H.E • Setting FE Free

17. New Funding Regime “Customer power…pay more, expect more”

18. Joint Investment Programme • Our JIP proposal approved by the Skills Funding Agency • The Cogent/Process Academy bid has secured over £2m – to be matched by employers • Full qualifications in Year 1 •  Unit/awards based training Year 2  For example: Resource Efficiency Gold Standard Leadership & Management Certificate in Chemical & Pharmaceutical Based Process Operations • Providers for Year 1 signed-up: delivery commences this month

19. Demand by 2017 • Demand - 120,000 in science-related occupations: • managers - 39,000 • professionals - 20,000 • associated professionals - 24,000 • machine operatives - 24,000 • skilled trades - 13,000 • Focus from NEPIC employers for help with skills development needs etc... • National Skills Academy – The One Stop Shop

20. Contacts Don Atkinson Regional Account Manager- North East Engineering Construction Industry Training Board T: 01642 777719 M: 07971 438720 Don.Atkinson@Ecitb.org.uk www.ecitb.org.uk George Ritchie SVP HR, IT & Industrial Park Services Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Ltd T: 01642 212005 M: 07773 812005 George.ritchie@sembcorp.com www.sembutilities.co.uk John Wayman DirectorNational Apprenticeship ServiceT: 0191 4926348 M: 07776 348 252 John.wayman@apprenticeships.gov.uk www.apprenticeships.org.uk Simon WigingtonEmployer Services Manager National Apprenticeship ServiceT: 0191 4926418 M: 07880 850633Simon.Wigington@apprenticeships.gov.uk Alan Wallace Employer Services Director National Apprenticeship Service T: 07810 153877M: 07799 6911379 Alan.wallace@apprenticeships.gov.uk www.apprenticeships.org.uk Dr Ian Mains Commercial Director National Skills Academy Process Industries T: 01325 740 900 M: 07894 483691 I.Mains@process.nsacademy.co.uk www.process.nsacademy.co.uk Roger Langford Key Account Director The National Skills Academy Process Industries T: 01928 515678 M: 07894 483695 R.Langford@process.nsacademy.co.uk www.process.nsacademy.co.uk Heather Smithson Project Manager Tees Valley Apprenticeship Programme T: 01325 740 916 M: 07860 505 018 h.smithson@process.nsacademy.co.uk www.nsa-tvap.co.uk