Transcript Skills Assurance – Improving business performance

National Skills Academy Process Industries
Increasing
skills &
competence
for the
Process
Industries
Skills Assurance
(Bio-Tech)
Kevin Thrower
Key Account Manager
Biotechnology
Tailored
skills support
delivered
through our
training
provider
network
Academy origin
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Employer led;
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Process Industries
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Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Polymer, Downstream Petroleum,
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Bio-technology
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Industrial Biotechnology
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Medical Bio-technology
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Medical Devices
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A provider of business changing skills based solutions
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Non profit making, but targeted to be become self sustainable in terms of
organisational development
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Licensed by BIS (UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
Skills Academy backed training products and services are of value to
employers because they are co-designed by Industry
Maximising Business Performance Through Skills Development
National Skills Academy Process Industries,
Biotechnology
Skills Assurance – Improving business performance
We are unique!
• Led by employers
• We benchmark your workforce against the industry ‘Gold Standard’
• Available for Industrial Biotechnology
• To develop for Medical Bio-technology
• Identify Skills Issues
• A beacon of security for employers against poor training content & delivery
• Licensed by Government
Without a clear understanding of employers skills gaps, it is difficult
to create appropriate strategies to close them
This knowledge is vital for business survival
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Approach to Employer Engagement
Skills Assurance – Improving business performance
1. Supporting employers in demonstrating the competence of their workforce
2. Helping employers Protect their right to operate; minimising safety, health and
environmental risk
3. Helping employers to optimise productivity and efficiency (tackling cost & profitability)
4. Improving employers business performance and increasing competitiveness
1. Skills
Assurance
Identify Skills
Issues
2. Benchmark
employers skills
Against
industry
endorsed Gold
Standard
3. Navigate the
skills maze
NSAPI can
guide
employers and
help find the
targeted
training
employers need
4. Solution and
funding
NSAPI can
develop the
solution, help
employers to
implement the
changes, identify
any available
funding
Increasing skills and competence for the UK Process Industries,
Biotechnology
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Training Provider Network
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Develop a network of Accredited Training Providers
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Providing right intervention:
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In appropriate, relevant subjects
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At the correct level
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To an assured level of quality
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To date 35 providers in network
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Developing HE offer
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Seeking input and feedback
Centre of Excellence, Biotechnology
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City of Islington College
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Skills Assurance Through The Academy -- Croda
Delivering improved business performance through a competent workforce
•Croda, Ditton, Widnes
•Biotechnology site, circa 200 people
•Personal Care products, Sun Creams
•Skills Assurance Exercise
•Benchmarking employees level of competence against the Gold Standard role profiles
•Gap Analysis
•Identify Solutions
•Identify Providers
•Deliver Intervention
•Gap closed
•Productivity Increased
•Roll Out to other UK Croda Sites
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Skills Assurance Through The Academy
Delivering improved business performance through a competent workforce
•Employer Engagement Strategy
•Use Process Industry knowledge and engagement experience
•Adapt to Industrial Bio Tech
•Including Bio Fuels
•Work with Cogent to develop Gold Standards
•Medical Biotech, Medical devices
•Engage Employers to input and validate to Gold Standards
•Engage employers through Skills Assurance
•Provider Engagement Strategy
• Expand network, FE and Private Providers
•Work with HE to develop co-ordinated and appropriate offer
•Cluster Engagement
•Work in partnership to help co-ordinate employer offer
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