Employment NTO Who is Tony Green? - Chief Executive of the Employment NTO Previous job - Regional Commercial Director, Central Opencast 20 years experience in Personnel, Training,Trade Unions and Commercial Management in the Mining Industry

Employment NTO What are the factors for success in improving business performance in the workplace? People in the workplace - quality of trainers - competence standards and qualifications - working with partners - government

Employment NTO In the next 40 minutes What is an NTO? The NTO framework Who and what is the Employment NTO Training & Competence - unlocking people potential The Value of competence based standards and qualifications The work of the Employment NTO Government strategy and competence based frameworks trainers and competence - the key to the future

Employment NTO All of the principles that are outlined are TRANSNATIONAL

Employment NTO What is an NTO? NTOs are the Nationally recognised voices of employers on education and Training NTOs bring employers together to say what skills are needed in their areas and how those skills can be achieved.

Employment NTO NTOs lead the development of qualifications based on national occupational standards of competence NTOs represent their employers’ sector(s) to government and others NTOs are crucial in the area of LabourMarket Intelligence and in identifying solutions

Employment NTO The National Training Organisation Framework and The economic infrastructure of the UK The Employment NTO Sector NTOs

Employment NTO The 70 Sector NTOs are involved with: strategy within their economic sector implementation within their sector The Employment NTO and the other 6 All Sector NTOs also : have a strategic involvement across ALL SECTORS OF THE UK ECONOMY

Employment NTO What is the Employment NTOs aim? “Developing the Competence of people who work with people in the workplace”

Employment NTO The Role of the Employment NTO Representing the Employment Arena Developing National, Sectoral and local partnerships on wider education and training issues promoting employer investment in people as central to competitive business

Employment NTO Assessing and responding to the education, training and development needs of the Employment arena Emphasising the need to adopt and implement the competence based National Vocational Standards and Qualifications of the Employment NTO

Employment NTO Responsibility for the Assessment and Verification standards - the cement binding the competence based National Vocational Qualifications framework together One of the seven All Sector NTOs who together, are responsible for generic, transferable skills that employers are looking for

Employment NTO Who is the Employment Community? Trainers Personnel Health & Safety Trade Unions

Employment NTO Now joined by Advice Counselling Mediation Psychotherapy Guidance

Employment NTO How do we work? Executive Board Council Chief Executive & Team 5 Workgroups 6 Review and Specialist Groups Over 200 people Networks Partnerships

Employment NTO Why should we exist? To create a better qualified, educated and trained workforce Help to reduce confusion in the provision of qualifications Help to bridge the gap between “Academic” and “Vocational” qualifications Overall, add to competitiveness

Employment NTO Current Standards and Qualifications Training & Development34,45 Personnel345 Trade Unions34 Health & Safety23,34 Recruitment 3

Employment NTO The importance of training and competence If you see people as resources, you will treat people as resources People need to be -valued -motivated -involved -developed

Employment NTO The traditional view of people COSTSASSETS People -£££Machinery +£££ Training -£££Buildings +£££ Education -£££Cash +£££ Development -£££

Employment NTO Unlocking the potential of people at work recognition of the strategic role in the economy of the competence of people development of standards and qualifications based on competence

Employment NTO Unlocking the potential of people at work recognition of the vital role of trainers and developers support from government in the implementation of a competence based policy

Employment NTO Unlocking the potential of people at work how the framework operates ACCREDITING BODIES NTOs AWARDING BODIES TRAINERS CUSTOMERS

Employment NTO Unlocking the potential of people at work WHAT EXISTS? A framework across ALL economic activity of the UK involvement of the employers and Trade Unions based on competence standards and qualifications

Employment NTO The Value of Competence Standards

Employment NTO They are OUTPUT based and have the fundamental principle of CAN DO based on Knowledge Understanding Experience

Employment NTO The Value of Standards - the setting A large, educationally disenfranchised workforce A climate of continuous change Market Globalisation - IT & ICT Market Proliferation - Size - Type - Transient - volatile - Worldwide - Aggressive 90% of people in the UK work in firms of less than 25 people

Employment NTO The Value of Standards - What they Offer Transparency Quality measurement - benchmarks Development Strategies-individual needs - organisational needs Operational Strategies - salary structures -performance evaluation -job roles

Employment NTO The Value of Standards - what they offer More effective and focused investment in people Based on competence Provide credibility based on rigour NOT dependent on a professional qualification Flexible in - achievement -application

Employment NTO The Value of Competence based Qualifications

Employment NTO The Value of Competence based Qualifications outcomes based Developmental Based on rigorous standards Nationally accredited and recognised Portable and Transferable Continuous Personal and Professional Development Do not need Professional recognition Open Access

Employment NTO The value of competence based qualifications Employment Currency Quality Assured Flexible in application Value recognised by the individual - a self assessment External recognition of value Commitment from the organisation and the individual Validation of the organisation

Employment NTO What is the Employment NTO Doing? Working with the ALL SECTOR NTOs - that are crucial for Transferable Skills - the Key to improved business performance Rapidly developing working partnerships and strategic alliance with Further and Higher Education

Employment NTO An holistic approach to the current review of all our Standards and Qualifications The development of supporting products for standards and qualifications, particularly geared to small organisations Developing strategic partnerships with: –government- training providers- employers –awarding bodies- trade unions- further and higher education

Employment NTO Widening the scope and use of the Assessor and Verifier Qualifications Attacking the issue of quality of training through development of an Assessor and Verifier Network INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT STRATEGY

Employment NTO Working with Government and a range of partners to develop qualifications for Work Based Trainers, who deliver programmes using Government funds. These qualifications are based on the Employment NTO standards.

Employment NTO government strategy and competence based frameworks of training

Employment NTO Government Strategy and competence based frameworks 77 NTOs 49 Learning Skills Councils 12 Regional Development Agencies

Employment NTO Government Strategy and Competence based frameworks NTOs -deliver competence standards and qualifications -deliver market intelligence on skill needs and workforce development RDAs-deliver economic strategies, guidance and investment LSCs-deliver government investment in people

Employment NTO government strategy and competence based frameworks Learning Skills Councils will be the mechanism to deliver £6 billion through training and education providers to people in the workplace each year

Employment NTO government strategy and competence based frameworks these three government supported and promoted frameworks to work together to : to invest in people at work to focus that investment effectively based on real information to drive that investment on competence based standards and qualifications

Employment NTO Recognition of the role of competent trainers to deliver the objectives for the UK a suite of trainer qualifications based on the Employment NTO competence standards flexible, achievable and meeting needs of small as well as large organisations measurable to ensure rigour and quality mandatory

Employment NTO Government strategy and competence frameworks this work being taken forward by the Employment NTO, in partnership with Government, employers, trainers, professional bodies, further education and others this training qualification framework to be in place in 2001

Employment NTO lessons for the future people are the way to to improve economic success quality development and training unlock this potential the development of quality trainers is essential competence based frameworks for trainers and those to be trained provide the key partnership employers, trade unions, and government organisations is essential understanding and promotion by government is critical

Employment NTO This is the UK scene The Employment NTO is already working in partnership with other European countries on Standards issues THESE PRINCIPLES ARE TRANSFERABLE STANDARDS ARE TRANSFERABLE

Employment NTO To contact the Employment NTO : phone fax webwww.empnto.co.uk Tony Green