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Skills agenda for Manufacturing Date: 22 nd January 2009 Presented to: Deans of Engineering By: Julie Mulryan. Welcome. Agenda. Introduction The Learning and Skills Council Challenges for Manufacturing Train to Gain Core offer SME flexibilities Sector compacts
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Skills agenda for Manufacturing Date: 22nd January 2009 Presented to: Deans of Engineering By: Julie Mulryan Welcome
Agenda • Introduction • The Learning and Skills Council • Challenges for Manufacturing • Train to Gain • Core offer • SME flexibilities • Sector compacts • Manufacturing performance to date • Sector Qualification Strategy • Apprenticeships • Manufacturing performance figures • National Apprenticeship Service • Economic downturn
Challenges for Manufacturing • Low skills base • Demographics • Ageing workforce • Gender & ethnic mix • Higher level skills requirements
Train to Gain core offer (1) • Fully funded • First level 2 • Repeat level 2 from SSC agreed list • Skills for life at all levels • First level 3 for 19 – 24 year olds • First level 3 for individuals without a first level 2 • First level 4 for 19-24 year olds without a first level 3
Train to Gain core offer (2) • Shared investment for • First level 3 • Repeat level 3 from SSC agreed list • English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) • Apprenticeships • Leadership and Management • Full cost bespoke training
Train to Gain - performance • 06/07 07/08 • Level 2 3478 6605 • Level 3 131 280 • Total 3609 6885 • Challenge : to increase starts & achievements for those qualifications demonstrating a measurable Return On Investment
SME Offer • Units / thin qualifications at levels 2,3 and 4 in 10 business critical areas; • Business Improvement Techniques (BIT) • Business systems / processes • Team working/communications • Finance and credit • Risk management • Marketing and sales • Customer services • New product design • Cash flow and profit management • IT user / IT support • List will expand in response to identified need
Sector Compacts • Agreement between Sector Skills Councils, DIUS & the LSC • Employer engagement on sector priority qualifications • Skills for Life • Specified Level 2 & 3 • Apprenticeships • Leadership & Management development • Future developments may include level 4 • Currently in place with Semta, Cogent, Proskills & Semta
Sector qualification reform • New or revised qualifications and frameworks • Unitised delivery • Migration from National Qualification Framework (NQF) to Qualification Credit Framework (QCF) • Reduced number of qualifications • Deliver in units / bite sized chunks • Combination, within rules, from mixed qualifications • Progressively available from August 2009 to August 2010
Apprenticeships (1) • 05/06 06/07 07/08 • Advanced Apprenticeship3138 3508 3668 • Apprenticeship 1607 1381 1131 • Total 4745 4889 4799
Apprenticeships (2) • All age apprenticeships now available • National Apprenticeship Service • Launch planned April 2009 • Vacancy matching service , now available • Can continue to work with an existing provider • Or NAS will source provision • Vacancies accessible to all potential applicants
Economic downturn • ESF contract in place with Unity to support Staff at risk of or under notice of redundancy in the Manufacturing sector; • works with JCP on CV preparation & interview skills • Provides support for retraining linked to job offer
Julie Mulryan • julie.mulryan@lsc.gov.uk • 07970 841341 • 0121 345 4554