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Mid Wales Industry Cluster Group
To ensure that interventions developed and recommendations made by the RLSP are aligned to the future needs of the Mid Wales region. This will be informed by the Economic Development Plan and the Growing Mid Wales Growth Deal.
Conclusions and Recommendations
The following conclusions and recommendations are made within the three key areas of employability, learning and career choices and opportunities and provision. They are not sector specific in their nature and therefore apply across the economy, although some are more relevant than others to certain sectors.
Employability
The work readiness of new entrants is a challenge with many businesses reporting a lack of work experience and entrants having poor attitudes and lack motivation.
Basic skills around numeracy, literacy and digital are proving an issue for many businesses irrespective of sector.
1. Enhance partnership working to address the issues around the employability of individuals, aligning this activity to the All Wales Employability Programme.
2. Engage with schools, local authorities and providers to promote the need for basic skills and to highlight the concerns of industry.
3. Support stakeholders to reduce the levels of economic inactivity amongst disadvantaged groups including those with disabilities or long term health conditions.
Learning and Career Choices
Perceptions of sectors remain a prolific issue, this exacerbates recruitment challenges faced by both providers and employers.
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To increase engagement with schools and influencers to promote sectors that are poorly perceived.
To work closely with providers to develop targeted interventions which can support in recruitment to provision linked to the priority sectors identified within this plan.
Increase the understanding of opportunities offered by Apprenticeships across the region and develop targeted promotion with employers, learners at all levels, as well as influencers to ensure that opportunities are understood.
Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales Executive Summary