Aerospace, Automotive and Elctronics Sector Skills
Agreement
The Sector Skills Agreement for the Aerospace, Automotive and
Electronics sectors was completed in January 2006.
The Sector Skills Agreement and Action Plans can be
downloaded below:
UK Sector
Skills Agreement
Summary of UK
Sector Skills Agreement
Full Action Plan for
England
Full Action Plan for
Scotland
Full Action Plan for
Wales
Full Action Plan for Northern
Ireland
Employer Skills Priorities
The Sector Skills Agreement process revealed
the following employer skills priorities:
Management and Leadership
- Development of frontline managers.
Productivity and Competitiveness
- Supply chain development.
- Continuous process improvement.
- Reduction in New Product and Process Development and
Implementation (NPPDI) time.
Technical Workforce Development
- Upskilling from Level 2 to Level 3.
- Improving craft supply at Level 3 through
recruitment and upskilling of
- current workforce.
- Improving supply of technicians at Level 4
(Technician Engineers).
- Tackling graduate skills deficits and
increasing the number of graduates in the workforce to meet high
value added requirements.
Manpower Planning and Recruitment
- Tackling the inadequate supply of recruits to
meet industry requirements due to demography and attractiveness of
the sector.
Actions
Actions on skills priorities set out in the Sector Skills
Agreement include:
- Developing programmes to help managers become best in class in
key skill areas.
- Improving strategic and commercial leadership.
- Extending National Occupational Standards in
Business-Improvement. Techniques (B-IT) and generating relevant
qualifications.
- Increasing the capacity of providers to deliver and assess B-IT
qualifications.
- Embedding lean manufacturing processes in the supply
chain.
- Supporting the government’s Supply Chain Groups
initiative.
- Upgrading operator skills.
- Increasing the number of adults and young people on Advanced
Apprenticeship programmes.
- Developing Foundation Degrees and getting them accepted as
equal to academic degrees.
- Supporting Higher Engineering Apprenticeship programmes and
helping more providers to deliver them well.
- Increasing the relevance of degree courses including sandwich
courses.
- Stepping up efforts to recruit women and members of ethnic
minorities.
- Researching ways of making the sector more attractive.
Sector Skills Agreements Highlights Spring
2008
This brochure features four of our key employers who are leading
the way within their sector networks. Find out from them how
investing in skills can improve productivity and performance.
Highlights also shows the contributions our partners are making and
tracks progress towards achieving our key aims of:
- Optimising employer and public investment in skills.
- Securing public funding for priorities identified in the
SSA.
Download from the link below:
Aerospace, Automotive &
Electronics Highlights - Spring 2008