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Proskills UK Group Activities 2014/2015

The National Skills Academy for Materials, Production and Supply including Proskills Sector Skills Organisation is an employer-led, not for profit organisation which is also a registered charity (no 1155635), supporting 10 manufacturing and process industries including:

Building Products (Bricks, Blocks, Paving and Concrete Precast etc)Ceramics and Whitewares (Pottery, Tiles, Toilets, Sinks, Baths, Clay etc)Coatings & Paints (All forms of paint and material coatings)Extractive and Mineral Processing (Surface or underground Mining and Quarrying, Concrete, Asphalt, Cement)Furniture, Furnishings & Interiors (All forms of furniture and furnishings)Glass & Glazing (All forms of glass manufacture, installation and surveying)Cross-sector Occupational Health & Safety (Occupational Health and Safety, non sector specific)Paper & Corrugated Cardboard (All forms of paper and card manufacture)Printing and Inks Manufacturing (All forms of printing, including digital and ink manufacturing)Wood and Timber (Trade and Timber yards and merchants, Saw Mills, Wood Processing)

These industries make up a third of UK Process and Manufacturing Sector.

Proskills Sector Skills Organisation helps to raise the profile of the sector; sets the skills standards and qualifications and ensures that the skills and funding system delivers against the current and future needs of the industries.

The National Skills Academy for Materials, Production and Supply offers a range of training services from simple and clear advice to high quality training in a variety of process and manufacturing industries.

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2014/2015 Activities The Proskills UK Group will continue to work with employers to:

develop bespoke training courses, qualifications and apprenticeships

identify skills needs, develop training solutions and source/manage training delivery

develop and access available Government funding through collaborative applications

help young people to enter industry through employer-supported programmes

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Bridging the Skills Gap

Proskill UK Group will continue to provide services and guidance that bridge the skills gap between school and work:

Schools into Industry Offering career guidance, inspiration and industry information to students.

Apprenticeship Frameworks Developing nationally recognised frameworks for industry.

Standards and Qualifications Developing vocational qualifications including NVQs, VRQs and SVQs.

Accredited Company Training (ACT) Quality assuring in-house training to improve productivity and compliance

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WebsiteThe new Proskills group website can be found at www.proskills-academy.co.uk. The site details the range of products and services available to employers, providers, and individuals.

During 2014, the site will be expanded to host a range of new online courses, resources and supporting services for employers, providers and learners.

Charitable ActivitiesIn February 2014 Proskills became a registered charity, number 1155635. Its charitable aims are:

to promote, advance, and provide training and education for persons working in or intending to work in the material, production and supply industries (the industries)

to promote, advance, and provide training and education in health & safety

Proskills charitable work will include the development of standards, qualifications and apprenticeships as well as the management of the successful Schools into Industry programmes. Charitable status will help Proskills to make the most of donations and other funding sources.

Commercial services will still be delivered through the groups trading arm, the National Skills Academy for Materials, Production and Supply.

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Standards, Qualifications, Apprenticeships and Certification

Proskills will continue delivering standards, qualifications and apprenticeships through the standards and qualifications team.

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Schools into IndustryOur Schools into Industry programmes have had great success over the last decade, but changes in funding regimes now mean that we have to review the ways that they are delivered in the future.

These changes will not affect this years programmes, which will finish in May 2014 as planned. Over the summer, we will then review industry expectations for the programmes.

Where there is clear industry demand and support for the current format, and appropriate funding can be accessed, we will ensure that the programmes will continue through 2014.

Where new content is necessary or alternative sources of funding are needed, we will aim to relaunch the programmes in time for the 2015/16 academic year.

Industry EngagementIndustry engagement remains essential to all of Proskills activity. To expand our activities, we are creating a new network of industry Ambassadors who will help us to engage more widely. Our Ambassadors will be well known industry figures who already support our work and want to play a more practical role in improving training for our industries. Their work will help us to better understand industry needs whilst providing an easily recognisable route for employers to access our services.

During 2014, we will also host a series of provider and employer advisory panels. These sessions will provide opportunities for our partners to feedback on our services and help us to identify new services that directly meet demand.

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Accredited Company Training (ACT)ACT is a suite of products designed to gain recognition for the content, quality and delivery of in-house training. By benchmarking training against industry skills standards and accrediting it, companies can develop their in-house programmes to be credible, compliant and competitive.

ACT naturally fits all of NSA MPS’s products and will serve as a core component of the business:

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Training Provider Network and Training ProvisionDuring 2014, NSA MPS will redevelop and expand its provider network into a larger group of partners who will support skills development across the industries in a variety of ways. The new network will include providers, employers, individual experts and other partners who can help to improve skills development and training delivery in the sector.

All of our partners will quality assured through our accreditation processes to ensure that industry can rely on their services.

Research and EvaluationWe will maintain our research and intelligence activities on a commercial basis to enable individuals and organisations to find out more about skills development and our industries.

We will also offer a range of evaluation and market research services to other organisations looking to expand or review their own activities.

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Proskills Global

The Proskills UK Group has been delivering vocational education and training services for more than nine years and has built up a respected portfolio of experience in all aspects of skills development.

We are now expanding our services to help employers, governments, and individuals across the globe to explore the UK’s experiences with vocational education and to develop their own programmes.

To date, Proskills Global has lead skills activities in Afghanistan, Egypt, Europe, India, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Vietnam and Ukraine.

We will continue to expand this side of the business in the future, and already have plans in place to deliver new projects in Egypt, Yemen, UAE, Morocco, China, Vietnam, Libya and Pakistan.

For any enquiries relating to this report please contact either National Skills Academy for Materials Production & Supply24 East Central127 Olympic AvenueMilton Park, AbingdonOxfordshire OX14 4SA

Tel: 01235 432 030Web: www.mps-academy.co.uk

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