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34.1% Technical Roles
36.6% Technical Skills
19.5% Managerial Roles
19.5% Sales Ability
2.4% Other Roles
9.8% Communication Skills
0% Administrative Roles
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Skills Challenges
The employer survey conducted as part of Life Science: Skills for Life identified a number of recruitment issues within different roles as well as a number of skills and aptitude deficiencies.
The primary area of skills issues within the sector regionally were in the area of technical roles and skills, highlighting the significant challenges faced with the highly technical nature of the industry, in particular with the manufacturing processes. Evidence also suggested that although the majority of companies recruited from the local labour supply for technical and managerial roles they were increasingly likely to recruit from UK or European sources.
19.5% Leadership Skills
19.5% Marketing Skills
2.4% Presentation Skills
Specific skills challenges for the region include93:
• Good laboratory practice,
• Regulatory understanding,
• Scientific research,
• Product development,
• Leadership and management,
• Production techniques,
• Quality assurance,
• Computer analysts.
Swansea Bay City Region
The Swansea Bay City Region skills group have identified the life science sector as being of importance to the development of the region and links with significant developments including the development of the ARCH programme and the progression of the Life Science Hub. Swansea University has developed a cluster of Life Science companies within two incubation facilities (Life Science 1&2), supported by R&D and Data Science.
93 Life Science – Skills for Life (2014)
Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales Aspirational Economy