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Delivering Train to Gain in Essex: Essex Business Context 24 th July 2007 Helen Carter Director of Economic Development - LSC Essex. Welcome. Presentation Overview. 01. Overview. Presentation Outline Knowing Essex Population and Business Qualification Levels

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  1. Delivering Train to Gain in Essex: Essex Business Context 24th July 2007 Helen Carter Director of Economic Development - LSC Essex Welcome

  2. Presentation Overview 01

  3. Overview • Presentation Outline • Knowing Essex • Population and Business • Qualification Levels • Attainment and Key Skills • Patterns of Business • Businesses by size and sector • Sector Skills Councils • Skills and Challenges • Conclusions

  4. Knowing Essex 02

  5. Vital Statistics • Population • 1.6 million residents • 30% of East of England population • 63% of population working age • 78% employment rate • 2% unemployment rate • 17% of workers commute to London • Source: 2001 Census of Population, Office for National Statistics

  6. Market Size • Businesses in Essex • 65,610 businesses in Essex • 28.97% East of England businesses in Essex • 11.47% England businesses in Essex • Source: Annual Business Inquiry, 2004

  7. Priority Sectors • Largest Essex Employment Sectors • Wholesale and Retail • Motor related industries • Manufacturing • Real estate and business activities • Source: Annual Business Inquiry, 2004

  8. Qualification Levels 03

  9. Adults Below Level 2

  10. Essex Skill Levels • Qualification Levels Achieved • 19% working age population qualified to level 2 • 14% working age population qualified to level 3 • 21% working age population qualified to level 4+ • BUT masks significant district variation • Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics, 2005

  11. No Qualifications

  12. NVQ 1+

  13. NVQ 2+

  14. NVQ 3+

  15. Key Skills in Essex • Literacy • Priority need - Level 2 • Secondary need - Level 1 • Numeracy • Priority need - Entry Level • Secondary need at level 1

  16. Key Skills Needs

  17. Literacy Priority

  18. Numeracy Priority

  19. Patterns of Business 04

  20. Essex Businesses • Employee Size • Smaller than East of England/England average • Sectoral Dominance • Banking, finance and insurance • Distribution, hotels and restaurants • Construction

  21. Size by Employees

  22. Business Sectors

  23. Banking etc

  24. Distribution etc

  25. Construction

  26. Transport etc

  27. Manufacturing

  28. Public Sector etc

  29. Other Services

  30. Sector SkillsCouncils 05

  31. Skills needs oral communication customer handling team working personal attributes Main challenges 2 in 5 - fail to train staff 3 in 4 - no budget for training Need bite sized/modular training Small companies (less than 50 staff) - hardest to reach with greatest needs Retail

  32. Skills needs oral communication problem solving management skills Main challenges Take-up of apprenticeship programmes Recruitment of qualified managers Construction

  33. Skills needs (Health) technical and practical job specific Skills needs (Social Care) team working customer handling problem solving Main challenges Increase progression to level 3 qualifications Improve basic skills, including ESOL and ICT Develop leadership and management skills Health & Social Care

  34. Skills needs customer handling team working oral communication Main challenges Migrant workers increasing demand for ESOL High staff turnover with limited investment in training Qualifications need to respond better to employers Increase progression to level 3 qualifications Hospitality

  35. Skills needs oral communication management technical job specific Main challenges Migrant workers and casual labourers Many qualifications out of date or not suitable to needs of the workforce. Changing rural economy and employment requiring new and updated skills Land based

  36. Skills needs technical health and safety product development quality management job-specific Main challenges Attract young people into the industry Upskill current workforce on technological advances Upskill employees in literacy and numeracy Increase female employment in the sector Engineering &Manufacturing

  37. Skills needs customer service IT team working oral communication written communication Main challenges Rapid growth Emerging technologies demand new or improved skill sets Improve management and leadership practices Develop positive image of the sector Logistics

  38. Conclusions 06

  39. Review • Knowing Essex • Large markets – population and business • Qualification Levels • Upskilling needed – generic and key skills • Patterns of Business • Local variation – sectors and sizes • Sector Skills Councils • Intelligence – need and challenge • Conclusions • Who will help the learners?

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