1. Welcome Skills agenda for Manufacturing Date: 22 nd January 2009 Presented to: Deans of Engineering By: Julie Mulryan

2. 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 Agenda

3. Challenges for Manufacturing Low skills base Demographics –Ageing workforce –Gender & ethnic mix Higher level skills requirements

4. 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

5. 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

6. Train to Gain - performance 06/0707/08 Level 234786605 Level 3131280 Total36096885 Challenge : to increase starts & achievements for those qualifications demonstrating a measurable Return On Investment

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Apprenticeships (1) 05/0606/07 07/08 Advanced Apprenticeship313835083668 Apprenticeship16071381 1131 Total47454889 4799

11. 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

12. 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

13. Julie Mulryan julie.mulryan@lsc.gov.ukulie.mulryan@lsc.gov.uk 07970 841341 0121 345 4554