South Tyneside College Making a Difference Len Stule Director of External Funding Shirley Gelder Business Development Consultant 21/11/2012South Tyneside Manufacturing Forum

Apprenticeship Provision Mechanical Engineering Fabrication and Welding Electrical Engineering Electronic and Electrical Engineering Maritime Occupations Accountancy Improving Manufacturing Operations (BIT) Business Administration Information Technology Team Leading Management Driving Goods Vehicles 21/11/2012South Tyneside Manufacturing Forum

Pre-Apprenticeships Pre-apprenticeships Academy (Engineering) –Partnership between South Tyneside Borough Council and South Tyneside College –18-24 year old unemployed –Learners filtered –Local Employer Involved in the selection process Pool of Young People 21/11/2012South Tyneside Manufacturing Forum

P re E mployment T raining (PET) Features –Employer –Skills Funding Agency –Jobcentre Plus –College Guaranteed Interview Employer involvement in course design Recent PET with New County Roads –College worked with partner referral agencies and employer –Filtered applicants via Open Day (Employer input) –Employer Involved in course design –Final day interviews 21/11/2012South Tyneside Manufacturing Forum

STEP into programmes for the unemployed –Manufacturing –Welding Employers requiring semi-skilled operatives, these can be trained relatively quickly and STC has a pool of people who have been trained 21/11/2012South Tyneside Manufacturing Forum STEP into……..

Contact Len Stule Director of External Funding Shirley Gelder Business Development Consultant /11/2012South Tyneside Manufacturing Forum