South West SSA Stakeholder Event

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South WestSSA Stakeholder Event
Ray Snowdon 30th November 2006
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Agenda
Introduction Setting The Scene Proskills
UK (45 mins) Sector Skills Agreement Facts and
Figures Discussion / QA (60
mins) Commitment to Action (15 mins)
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Skills in Context
The only sustainable source of
competitive advantage is an organisations
ability to learn faster than its
competition. Peter M Senge, The Fifth Discipline
½ x 2 x 3 Charles Handy
Our market is a mature market. The skills of our
people are our USP. We need specific training not
covered by current public provision to maintain
our market share. Major paint manufacturer
(Proskills UK SSA, August 2006)
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GVA key measure of productivity
Increase skills gt more productive jobs
Numeracy, literacy and employability skills
Major productivity drivers
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Higher value, higher paid jobs
Economic Inclusion -gt People in Jobs
Proskills technicians gt higher skilled jobs
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Number and Profitability of Companies
Inward Investment
Companies thriving by supporting growth in other
organisations
Business Managers - Technology Exploitation and
Innovation
Make the region more attractive for investment
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Old school building big things
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Todays Way?
build things to help people to help each other
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Employer Reality
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Sector Skills Councils

• aim to improve UK productivity through skills
  development
• 25 licensed Sector Skills Councils
• parent is the Sector Skills Development Agency
  (SSDA)
• form the Skills for Business network
• recognised by Government as the voice of
  employers on skills issues delivering the
  employer-led agenda
• starting to influence funding and investment
  towards sectors at national, regional and
  sub-regional levels
• key deliverable is the Sector Skills Agreement

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Proskills UK

• SSC for process and manufacturing industries
• licensed from 1st August 2005
• supports the following industries-
• building products and refractories manufacturing
• extractive and mineral processing
• glass and glass products, processing and
  manufacturing
• paint and coatings manufacturing
• print and printed packaging manufacturing

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Proskills UK Governance
Stephen Falder (HMG Paints) Barry Chilvers
(Anglian Windows) Catherine Hearn
(Polestar) David Sharman (Hanson
Aggregates) Keith Shankland (Hanson Building
Products) Prof Umit Bititci (University of
Strathclyde) Bernard Rutter (AMICUS) Donald
MacGregor (GMB) James Barrett (Health Safety
Executive)
Stakeholder
Proskills UK
Relations Forum
Board
Industry
Nations Skills
Chief
Groups (5)
Groups (3)
Executive
Employer Task
Proskills UK
Groups
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Whats the point of aSector Skills Agreement?
Employers
other stakeholders
Educators Training Providers
Government Agencies
Ensuring that the skills employers need are the
skills employers get! 10 year vision 3-year
action plan
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SSA NutsnBolts

• Key stages are
• assessment of current and future skills needs
• assessment of current provision
• analysis of gaps and weaknesses in current
  workforce development activity
• assessment of the scope for collaborative action
  by employers
• develop a costed action plan with key delivery
  partners

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Getting here ..
Stage 1 Stage 2 Reports (November 2006)
Employer Engagement
Training Provider Survey
Desk Research
Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) Labour Force Survey
(LFS) Inter Department Business Register
(IDBR) Working Futures II, NESS RDAs, LSCs
etc. Trade Associations, NTOs, Trades Unions
etc
Proskills UK Industry Groups 2,000 telephone
interviews Employer 11s Research company
100 NR Team 120 Trade Associations 150 CEO
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40 questionnaires to public/private
providers (both qualitative and quantitative) Par
tner databases Employer interviews Industry
reports
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Facts and Figures
a sector of 350,000 employees in 21,000 companies
(around 90 are micro businesses or SMEs)
generating an annual turnover of around 29bn
the sector is predominantly located in England
the employment profile of the sector is
essentially one of full-time, permanent staff
whose character is predominantly white and male
the processing and manufacturing sector is
heavily dependent on the skilled and technical
occupational groups
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Facts and Figures ..
two thirds of the jobs in the sector are
production roles (compared to the UK workforce as
a whole which is three quarters made up of
service roles)
more than four out of ten of the sectors
employers believe that the skills required by
their workforce are changing annually or more
rapidly
recruitment is running at the rate of about 5 of
the workforce per year (about 17,500 employees
per year)
almost a third of the sectors employers have
hard to fill vacancies in their skilled workforce
and about a quarter have such vacancies for
machine operatives
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Facts and Figures ..
around 17 of employers in the sector have
important skills gaps in their existing staff
i.e. some 3,570 companies employing around 59,500
people
over 20 of employers report skills gaps at the
technical level
for front-line staff, employers are particularly
concerned with the absence of employability
skills and attributes such as attitude to work,
following instructions and time keeping.
The most important skills concerns at this level
are for basic skills and health and safety
awareness
similar concerns related to health and safety
awareness were expressed by employers at both
technical and managerial levels
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Sector Age Profile
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South West Facts and Figures
Around 11 of the Proskills UK sector Around 9
of the Proskills UK economy
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Severity of Skills Gaps
Employers feel they have very minor or no
skills gaps with frontline staff (88), technical
staff (86) and managerial staff (89)
Around 14 of employers feel that they
have important skills gaps in technical staff
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Skills Requirements
Examination of skills required and current
skills of staff shows the following needs

• frontline staff attitude to work, customer care
  skills, entrepreneurship, creativity, ability to
  follow instructions
• technical staff entrepreneurship, ability to
  follow instructions, A Level / Higher Grade
  Maths, attitude to work, flexibility
• managerial staff customer care skills, health
  and safety awareness, presentation skills,
  ability to communicate well orally, ability to
  fit into a team

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Training
87 of employers cited in-house,
work-based training as either very or quite
important.
73 of companies say that local
training providers are not important 85 say
national providers are not important and 83 say
that local FE colleges are not important
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Importance of Qualifications
74 of employers feel qualifications are not
important at all for frontline staff or
managerial staff, and 70 for technical staff
Less than 1 of companies felt that qualifications
are vital for staff at any level
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Recruitment Difficulties
Nearly all employers say the main difficulty is a
lack of applicants with the required skills/qualif
ications
An associated difficulty school leavers
are taught little or nothing about the sector
Less than 1 of companies say retaining staff is
a problem
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On the back of an innovative careers programme
the 14-19 Manufacturing Specialised Diploma has
just seen its 50,000th enrolment, with a queue
of companies wanting to take on work experience
candidates and ensure their share of the best
people for their businesses.
Apprenticeship enrolments within the sector have
increased to record levels for the 4th
consecutive year with around 5 of the sector (or
25,000 employees) now in apprenticeship
programmes or equivalent. At the Annual
Apprenticeship Awards Dinner in London a glazing
apprentice wins the coveted Apprentice of the
Year award.
Over the last few years the impact of the Skills
for Business Network has been evident following a
sustained programme of partnership initiatives
across the UK. Within the process manufacturing
industries Proskills UK have a recorded a number
of significant achievements
Productivity across the Proskills UK
sector continues to rise by an average of
12.5 with leading industry figures
acclaiming that their competitive position has
been bolstered through the availability of
a highly skilled workforce.
The 5th year of the Proskills National
Skills Academy has just completed with
the 100,000th learner receiving, in addition
to her Level 4 NVQ, an honorary award at
the annual Proskills UK Skills Conference
Within the Proskills National Skills
Academy innovative developments have realised
great benefits in increased availability and
quality of provision.
Proskills UK National Employer Service Contract
is just entering its 5th year with significant
growth in learners and thru an innovative
lead-feed model is engaging record numbers of
SMEs in training, many for the first time.
Proskills UK have recently hosted their 3rd
Annual Thought Leadership Dinner drawing together
hundreds of eminent players from the sector to
discuss, debate and promote the skills agenda.
I want you to cast your mind forward to the
Autumn of 2012
Following progressive work across the sector, the
occurrences of health and safety incidents across
the sector are at record lows, exceeding industry
targets.
We know what we will have achieved . how can you
play your part?
London has just hosted a highly acclaimed 2012
London Olympics hot of the heels of the best ever
2011 Skills Olympics. Just on the horizon, is
the 2014 Commonwealth Games to be hosted in
Glasgow.
The Proskills UK sector are recognised
as addressing the growing challenges of
the environment with an innovative
technology driven education programme
impacting both schools and the current workforce.
Contribution to training the workforce
is demonstrably outstripping government contributi
on by 3 to 1.
oh, and Sunderland have just won their second
successive Premiership title!!!
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Workforce Competence

• management and leadership
• use of technology
• lack of skills investment
• bottom-line productivity gains
• realising the broader offer i.e. customer
  service / multi-skilling
• basic skills
• migrant workforce
• literacy of the workforce employability
• commercial skills
• health and safety
• cultural
• industry specific i.e. technical issues
• environmental perspective

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Industry Shape

• ageing workforce
• migrant workers
• geographic spread (by industry / region)
• technology-led productivity
• sector image
• school
• young people
• returners
• gender
• career progression

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Skills Provision

• geographically constrained (or not supported
  anywhere)
• inaccessibility of provision
• inflexible college-based offer
• often totally hidden for SMEs
• quality assurance
• qualifications
• lecturers / tutors / trainers / consultants
• career progression
• in-company delivery
• accreditation
• in-company training
• supplier training
• existing experience

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Overcoming Barriers

• ESF business case
• the business case for skills
• reaching SMEs
• availability of information
• One Stop Shop
• influencing stakeholders

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Potential Solutions
Virtual Quarry
Proskills Passport
National Contract
Asset Bag
Proskills UK NSA
SfBN HS Passport
I Choose
Cityscape
World of Work
Proskills Conference
Apprenticeship Frameworks
Specialist Diploma
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ProPel

• a quality assured network of public and private
  providers
• a key feature will be strong partnership working
  with industry offering continual experiential
  development for teachers, lecturers and tutors
• work placements
• sabbatical
• study tours

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ProPort

• using latest innovative technologies to deliver
  on-site, bite-sized training by taking learning
  to the industrial estate/business park etc
• delivery would augment existing in-house training
  already delivered by the employer
• through a mobile facility, increase SME
  engagement and penetration

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ProSpect

• providing schools, colleges and IAG networks with
  excellent careers materials (linked to the
  Proskills UK SQS)
• develop regional skills competitions leading
  towards the 2011 World Skills in London
• provide route ways for the economically inactive
  to return to work (ProStart)
• enhance and expand the World of Work (and I
  Choose) programme across the regions

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ProCoach

• linked to a prestigious business school, will
  provide sector specific leadership and management
  training
• delivered in a club environment for local
  business networks focusing on the sharing of best
  practice and innovation
• develops and promotes the business case for
  skills and strategic investment

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ProMote

• establishing the managers of the tomorrow by
  developing the technicians of today
• industry driven succession programme and
  high-flier development network
• aimed at preparatory first-time managers, and led
  by the ProCoach network

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ProTech

• employer and provider network focused on engaging
  the sector in the benefits of technology within
  business
• for strategic management
• for operational improvement
• for personal development
• to raise the awareness and adoption of
  technology-based learning within the sector

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ProFlex

• a programme aimed at raising the awareness of
  employers to the capability and availability of
  the older worker (evidenced by the impending age
  profile Tipping Point)
• in parallel, raising the profile of the sector
  with career changers and the economically
  inactive (given the skills requirements of the
  sector)

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ProLearn

• a programme of cultural and attitudinal change
  across the sector aiming to engage employees with
  the lifelong learning ethos
• driven by the personalisation of learning agenda

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