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Skills Investment Plan Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing Billy Scott

Key Sector Manager: Engineering

Developing new skills for Advanced

Manufacturing

Active industry involvement in shaping

policy and strategy

Scottish Skills Planning Model

Skills Investment Plans (SIPs)

SDS use the SIPs to inform:

o Delivery of Careers Information, Advice and Guidance services

o  Investment in new projects and programmes to meet industry identified needs

o  The delivery of Modern Apprenticeships (e.g. delivering additional places in Engineering MA’s to meet identified employer demand)

Skills Investment Plans are recognised by SDS and the Scottish Funding Council as the primary source of evidence from employers to inform strategic investments in support of skills for industry sectors.

SIPs  Published  for  Key  Sectors  

•  Crea%ve  Industries  •  Financial  Services  •  Tourism    •  Food  &  Drink  •  ICT  &  Digital  •  Energy  •  Chemical  Sciences  •  Like  Sciences  •  Construc%on  •  Engineering  &  Advanced  Manufacturing  

Vision for the SIP To develop talent and nurture excellent skills in Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing to support the growth and competitiveness of the sector in Scotland.

Clear link to Scotland’s forthcoming Manufacturing Action Plan – Investment in Technology for ‘Smarter Manufacturing’

Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing

Main Challenges for Scotland • Supply and demand

• Demographics

• Gender issues

• Graduate destinations

• Image and recruitment

• Capacity of SMEs

• Need a unified ‘voice’ for engineering skills

• Connecting industry and education

The Skills Investment Plan

Four key themes: 1.  Developing routes into the industry

2.  Better meeting employer demand for skills

3.  Making the skills supply system more responsive

4.  Skills infrastructure and co-ordination

Detailed Action Plan sets out activities, partners and timelines to support the SIP’s vision

1. Developing routes into industry

o  Improving awareness of Engineering careers •  STEM activities in schools •  Teacher education •  Careers information •  Online resource: myworldofwork.co.uk

o  Encouraging more Engineering graduates to enter the sector •  Promoting internships to provide work experience •  Link students with Professional Engineering Institutions

o  Addressing the gender imbalance in Engineering •  Getting more women into Engineering •  Helping women to return to careers in Engineering

2. Better meeting employer demand

o Improving work readiness of market entrants •  Provision of work experience and internships

o Developing capacity of SMEs •  Improving awareness of graduate capabilities

•  Promote professional registration and lifelong learning

•  Encourage upskilling: ourskillsforce.co.uk

o Promoting (Modern) Apprenticeships in Engineering •  Targeted promotional campaign to SMEs

•  Scottish Apprenticeship Week

3. Making the skills system more responsive

o Reviewing patterns of provision •  Quality assure off site training of apprentices

•  Increase capacity of providers to deliver more apprenticeships

o Extend work based learning opportunities •  Development of Foundation apprenticeships

•  Development of Advanced apprenticeships

4. Skills infrastructure and co-ordination

o Establish a ‘single voice’ Engineering Skills group •  Industry speaks with one voice to Government agencies

o Improving links between education and industry •  Working with regional ‘developing the young workforce’ groups

Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing SIP

• Patterns and Qualities of provision

• Minimise leakages from the system

• Improve co-ordination of system

• Develop skills infrastructure

• Connect Education and employers

• Engage SMEs

• Better public awareness of careers

• Maximise entry routes

THEME A Identify and

Develop ways into the

industry

THEME B Better

meeting employer demand

THEME C Supply side (funders and

providers)

THEME D Infrastructure Co-ordination

•  MAs should be aligned with the skills required for economic growth

•  Potential for new employer- designed models of apprenticeships

•  Focus on progression opportunities

•  Industry-led quality improvement regime

•  Increase in MA starts to 30,000 by 2020, focused on Level 3 and above (current target is 25,000 starts per year)

•  Opportunity to deliver vocational qualifications in senior phase, including of-the-job components for MAs

Commission for Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce

Work Based learning Foundation Apprenticeship A coherent programme of learning reinforced and evidenced through: •  national occupational standards •  industry certification •  work based experience and application

Advanced Apprenticeship An employer led approach to higher level learning, incorporating: •  hybrid qualifications, chartership •  professional body membership •  higher level knowledge skills and capability •  a blended work based further and higher

education experience

After one year, lessons learned

•  Too many STEM initiatives, of varying quality •  Careers advice needs to happen earlier •  Industry/Education engagement •  Interventions to be sustainable •  SIP belongs to industry

Next steps

•  Implement the SIP’s Action Plan •  Co-ordinate wide range of activities •  Monitor and evaluate •  Review objectives •  Formal review of the SIP – 18 months •  Statement of progress announced

Thank you Billy Scott: william.scott@sds.co.uk SDS Corporate Website: www.sds.co.uk Our Skillsforce:www.ourskillsforce.co.uk My World of Work: www.myworldofwork.co.uk