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To understand the requirements of skills within the region it is essential to identify what individuals are progressing through the skills supply chain. To support this a number of sources of information have been supplied by Welsh Government to facilitate the analysis of supply.
5.1 Understanding the Skills Supply
To support the analysis of the supply of skills into the labour market there is need to encompass as many skills based routes into the labour market as possible, this includes assessing the routes through both further and higher education. The approach utilises the number of enrolments onto different subject areas during individual academic years to give an indication of the supply potential.
5.2 Further Education
The further education sector is an important provider of skills for the region. Delivery within the further education is primarily classified by the qualification types as either ‘vocational‘ work focused and competency based or generic qualification types.
5.2.1 Full Time Vocational Education
The current 15/16 full time vocational and planned 16/17 activity is displayed below by the number of enrolments.
Sector 1 - Health and Public Services
Sector 2 - Science and Mathematics
Sector 3 - Agriculture Horticulture and Animal Care
Sector 4 - Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies Sector 5 - Construction Planning and the Built Environment Sector 6 - Information and Communication Technology Sector 7 - Retail and Commercial Enterprise
Sector 8 - Leisure Travel and Tourism
Sector 9 - Arts Media and Publishing
Sector 11 - Social Sciences
Sector 14 - Preparation for Life and Work
Sector 15 - Business Administration and Law
March 2016 Planned 15/16
2,194 157 366 1,181 1,327 687 1,272 969 1,396 65
799 800 11,213
March 2016 Planned 16/17
2,029 101 338 1,216 1,282 654 1,189 892 1,248 40
806 720 10,515
The highest number of planned enrolments for 15/16 is within the health and public services (2,029), construction planning and built environment (1,282) and the arts, media and publishing (1,248) sectors.
Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales Skills Supply Information Summary