Skills Bootcamps (Wave 3): Manufacturing

Concepts

• national skills fund
• salford
• education and training
• plan for jobs
• skills bootcamps
• specific skills
• key objectives of skills
• skills shortage vacancies
• specialist skills
• wave

Location

Description

As part of the “Plan for Jobs” the Department for Education (DfE) are providing £2.5bn for the National Skills Fund (NSF) to help adults build skills for the economy of the future; complementing provision available through Adult Education Budget (AEB). NSF comprises of Skills Bootcamps and the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs Offer. Skills Bootcamps offer free flexible courses of up to 16 weeks giving people the opportunity to build up sector specific skills and fast track to an interview with a local employer. The key objectives of skills bootcamps are to: • Address the needs of employers to fill skills shortage vacancies requiring specialist skills and improve business productivity. • Address the needs of adults to retrain and upskill whatever their starting point. Providing clear line of sight to a new role / opportunity / contract. • Diversifying the talent pipeline by targeting groups underrepresented in key sectors. Skills Bootcamps are targeted at all adults aged 19+ who are in-work, self-employed, unemployed, returning to work after a career break and prisoners on temporary release or due to be released within six months. With a focus on specific priority groups.

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CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services

Other Information

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