Sectors Research, Sector Skills Councils and
National Skills Academies
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VET SLIM meeting – 11 March 2011
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Contents
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SW Sectors low carbon research
Alliance of SSCs and Sector Skills Councils
National Skills Academies
Engaging and collaborating
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Dawn Neale, Sectors Manager
Dawn.neale@swrsp.org.uk
SW sectors - Low Carbon
Skills Research
Reports coverage & Link
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Sectors covered:
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Marine Energy
Nuclear
LC manufacturing – including composites
LC construction
Micro renewables
http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/working_with_y
ou/working_with_partners/skills_priorities/emplo
yment__skills_analysis.aspx
Key low carbon skills reports
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National
SSC cluster report
SSC renewables report
EEPH report
fdf mapping report
Regional
Marine Energy Skills, EMB consulting
Micro renewables, Regen SW
Nuclear, Cogent
LC Construction, C Skills
Composites – Josanne Stewart & Paul Shakespear
LC Manufacturing, Semta
Summary of findings - Key skills
issues that impact across all sectors
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Ageing workforce
Skills shortages and gaps
Global competition for talent
New/changing technologies
Growing content of occupations e.g. multi skilling
STEM uptake in schools colleges & universities
Reducing trend of training offered by FE & HE
Limited interaction between FE & HE and vice
versa
Low Carbon targets and where/how individual
industries contribute
Actions and Solutions
Local, regional and national partners and stakeholders agree actions
Transition and legacy activity is agreed & planned
Funding is enhanced through streams and projects
Knowledge transfer projects are linked
HE and FE collaborations
Information Advice and
Guidance is communicated
and coordinated
QCF should be exploited
STEM activity should be
enhanced
Key occupations identified to be in demand should be highlighted to
Agencies
SSC Impact & Influencing:
Articulate the collective voice where it matters
High level relationships with key partners,
stakeholders and governments
• Tackle high priority issues in collaborative forums
• Promote the distinctive role of SSCs
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SSCs and Qualifications/standards:
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Consistent and cost-effective role in
qualifications approval
National Occupational Standards that meet
employers’ needs
Qualifications strategies that meet employers’
needs
Deliver new apprenticeship formats and
processes
Implement frameworks for those seeking to
enter or re-enter the workforce
Labour Market Intelligence:
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First class, consistent and comparable LMI
Increase accessibility and value of LMI to key
partners and stakeholders
Promote the use of Alliance LMI and demonstrate
its impact
Data across the 4 nations
Catalyst, Leader and Co-ordinator:
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New collaborative cross-sector arrangements
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Multi-sector groupings in priority areas
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Effectively link skills bodies outside the Alliance
WHAT ARE NATIONAL SKILLS
ACADEMIES?
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National Skills Academies
were set up as a result of
the 2005 White Paper
“Skills: Getting on in
Business, Getting on at
Work”
National Skills Academies
deliver specialised skills to
employees and learners to
help respond to your
business needs
They have been
established, shaped and
led by employers with
support from the
Government (3 years
development funding)
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WHITE PAPER VISION FOR NATIONAL SKILLS
ACADEMIES
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As set out in the 2005 White Paper the core principles are that skills
academies will:
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Be Employer-led
Form strong networks in each sector
Link colleges with universities, training providers and specialist schools
They will raise standards by:
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Fostering innovation
Sharing best practice
Shaping the curriculum
Improving the professional development of teachers, lecturers and trainers
Transforming the quality and status of vocational education and training
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NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY
NETWORK CORE PRINCIPLES
National Skills Academies
 Encourage excellence
 Make training relevant
 Put employers at the
heart of the network
 Bring employers together
 Provide specialist training
 Take training to more
people
 Improve access
 Increase productivity
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THE NATIONAL SKILLS
ACADEMY NETWORK
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Currently 15 operational skills academies as at July 2010
 Round 1 – Approved in October 2006 – now sustainable
- Construction
- Financial Services
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Round 2 – Launched in September 2006
- Nuclear
- Process Industries
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- Creative and Cultural
- Hospitality
Round 3 – Launched in February 2007 – 3 operational
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- Manufacturing
- Food and Drink Manufacturing
Retail
Sport and Active Leisure
- Materials, Production and Supply
Round 4 – Launched in May 2008 – 4 operational
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Enterprise
Power
- Social Care
- Information Technologies
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ROUND 5
Round 5 – Launched in January 2010
4 in business planning:
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Rail Engineering. – announced november
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Process Industries –: Bio-technologies and composites extension to
existing NSA.
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Environmental Technologies.
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Logistics.
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BECOMING A NATIONAL
SKILLS ACADEMY
Expression of Interest Process
• Prospectus launched
• Expressions of Interest received, circulated to
regions and partner organisations, and paper
assessment takes place
• Short-listed applications invited for interview with
employer representation
• Successful applications formally invited into
business planning stage by the Minister
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Conclusion sectors VET activity
Alliance groups
 Local projects
 Funding proposals and tenders
 LMI and Data
 IAG
 Communications and promotion
 Employer/stakeholder partnerships
 Policy and strategy
 Provision – development and engagement
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