Business Issues
Region’s employees gain from skills and training
APRIL is the second
anniversary of the
Train to Gain
service, the jointly
funded Learning
Skills Council North-East and
One NorthEast training
service that was developed as
part of the drive to improve
the skills of the region's
workforce.
This month we celebrate the
strides we are making toward
engaging employers in
improving skills.
By the end of February,
more than 2,600 employers had
used Train to Gain, and of
these employers, 80 per cent
are classed as hard to reach.
This is a fantastic
achievement for the teams of
Skills Brokers who, day in day
out, work with employers to
ensure they can access the
right training opportunities
for their staff. Successfully
identifying the training needs
of employees, or indeed the
whole organisation, will help
to ensure the economic future
of the North-East.
To bring Train to Gain to
the forefront of the minds of
employers who are unaware of
the opportunities the service
has to offer, we are touring the
region to promote transport
sector organisations that have
used Train to Gain to enhance
skills.
This is only one sector that
can demonstrate the amount
of opportunity training can
offer, over a broad employerbase
that includes public
transport, haulage and ports.
Train to Gain is designed to
help organisations get the
training they need to stay
ahead in a competitive
environment by improving the
skills of the workforce, to
ensure that flexible,
responsive training
programmes are delivered to
meet employers' needs.
A core element of Train to
Gain is the access to
appropriate funding of
qualifications from Skills for
Life through to higher
education.
I hope the celebration of
Train to Gain this month, and
the work we are doing to
promote successful projects
across the regions, spurs more
employers into thinking about
skills and accessing the right
support to identify training
needs.
Together, we can make a
difference to life skills of our
employees.
* Chris Roberts is the
regional director of the
Learning and Skills Council
North-East.
10:44am Tuesday 15th April 2008
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