Lynn Tomkins

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Lynn Tomkins Director of UK Operations
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Sector Skills Agreements The Sector Skills
Council for the Science, Engineering and
Manufacturing Technologies sectors. Over two
million people employed in about 100,000
establishments, contribution 74 billion per
annum (10 per cent) to total UK GDP, and
attracting more than one third of total UK
exports.
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• Pathfinder phase covers the sectors of
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Electronics
• Bioscience
• Marine

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Sector Skills Agreements Stage 1 Assessment of
current and future skills needs Stage 2
Assessment of current provision Stage 3
Analysis of the Gaps and Weaknesses Stage 4
Agreeing the Scope for Collaborative Action by
Employers and their
Workforces Stage 5 Developing an Action Plan
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Sector Skills Agreements Key Skills Issues for
Employers and Trades Unions Management
Leadership Development of frontline
Managers Productivity Competitiveness Supply
Chain Development Continuous Process
Improvement Reduction in New Product and Process
Implementation (NPPDI) Time
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Sector Skills Agreements Key Skills Issues for
Employers and Trades Unions Technical Workforce
Development Upskilling from Level 2 to Level
3 Improve craft supply at Level 3 through
recruitment and upskilling of current
workforce Improve supply of technicians at Level
4 (Technician Engineers) Tackling graduate skills
deficits and increase the graduate population
within the workforce to meet high value added
requirements. Recruitment Lack of adequate
supply to meet industry requirements due to
demography and attractiveness of the sector
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• Sector Skills Agreements
• Four Key Policy Issues for Delivery Partners
• Contribution of shared resources
• Sustainable, demand-side, employer focused
  provision
• Right person receiving the right training at
  the right time
• Progression and transferability based on bite
  sized, just in time training with large,
  scheduled programmes delivered
• in the workplace for any age
  employee

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Sector Skills Agreements REGIONAL
IMPLEMENTATION South West Priority
Sectors Aerospace and Advanced
Engineering Marine Bio-medical and healthcare ICT
especially semi conductor design and wireless
networks
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Sector Skills Agreements NEXT STEPS To
implement the regional Sector Skills Agreement
Action Plan