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Learning and Career Choices
The perceptions of what the RLSP deem ‘priority sectors’ are still a significant issue. Many sectors report this as being a key barrier to the recruitment and retention of individuals. Unfortunately, those sectors that are attractive to learners are considered over-prescribed by the RLSP and there needs to be a re-balancing of the FE and WBL offer to ensure that these priority sectors have an ample, varied and suitable provision offer.
In addition there is a lack of understanding around different learning routes which further exacerbates recruitment and retention challenges.
3. Support providers to market those ‘hard to fill’ courses which align to priority areas through sharing LMI with marketing teams and curriculum heads.
4. Increase the parity of esteem between different learning routes, through focussing interventions on increasing the understanding of Apprenticeships as a viable learning route with learners and influencers.
5. To develop a range of resources that adequately promote poorly perceived sectors and share this intelligence with relevant stakeholders.
Opportunities and Provision
6. Support partners to develop a curriculum that is fit for purpose, ensuring that new provision is facilitated and developed in areas where currently the required resources are not available.
7. Work closer with employers to identify economies of scale in terms of sector specific skills gaps to develop appropriate provision to meet these needs.
8. Ensure that the regional voice is included in all policies related to employment and skills.
Significant opportunities are going to be presented to the region and its people by the wealth of major projects planned for the near future.
9. To continue to align activity and provision to large scale aspirational and major projects.
Many employers identified issues that could be addressed by the RLSP and its partners.
10. The RLSP will further analyse the primary intelligence gathered to understand where employers can be supported further by the RLSP or its partner organisations.
The fit for purpose nature of many apprenticeship frameworks were highlighted as issues by many employers.
11. The RLSP will facilitate discussions between relevant partners and employers to ensure that a representative industry base feed into the development of frameworks.
Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales
Executive Summary