Forgot your password?
Education and training
Most common types of training are job specific training, health and safety and training in new technology. Barriers to training are lack of time, cover and funding.
About a third of the workforce holds S/NVQs level 2, a further 20% is either low or not qualified. This mirrors the high proportion of elementary occupations.
Source: SSDA Skills Matrix 2004
Click here for information on apprenticeships in the telecom industry.
An e-skills foundation degree framework has been developed to help inform Higher and Further Education institutions develop foundation degrees. These frameworks fuse together best practice of higher and further education and vocational learning.
National Assembly for Wales together with Education Learning Wales have been developed an initiative called the Modern Skills Diploma for Adults (MSDA), which will provide opportunities for people aged 25 and over to improve their skills at level 3 and above (with reference to National Occupational Standards).
Qualification level of the post and telecommunications sector workforce, 2002/2003
Source: SSDA Skills Matrix 2004. Based on Labour Force Survey data 2002/2003.
Training in the post and telecommunications sector in England, 2003
Source: SSDA Skills Matrix 2004, based on data collected in the Emloyers Skills Survey 2003.
Telecoms up-skilling project 2003/04
The Telecoms up-skilling Project aims to investigate and address the changing skills needs of the telecoms sector and to develop recommendations for sustainable activities to support those needs. The following strategic objectives are considered as particularly relevant to the focus of the Telecoms up-skilling project and the outcomes achieved:
- skills supply; encourage and support the UK education and training systems, including schools, further and higher education in meeting the skills need of the sector
- workforce development; supply continual re-skilling of the existing workforce for increased productivity and business competitiveness
- influence; utilise market understanding and intelligence to provide compelling strategic leadership for sector skills
Source: Priestman 2003
Click here for more information on the project.
Last cached: 2008-05-07 06:59 PM