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Conclusion
Recommendation
Next Steps
Key Stakeholders
Reference
Strategic Development
3. A number of large scale national infrastructure projects have been identified which will inevitably have skills implications for the region.
The RLSP to work with large scale national infrastructure projects to understand the impact on the regional workforce, including any labour ‘pull’ effects.
• Identify and engage with project leads for large scale national infrastructure projects alongside other RSPs in Wales, using the research undertaken regarding the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon as a model of good practice.
Industry Representatives, Major Infrastructure Projects, FE, HE and WBL Providers,
WG, RSPs
Section 3 – Sector Profiles, Section 4 – Aspirational Projects and Key Developments
Employability
4. Employer feedback indicates that basic skills is a concern. In many instances a lack of these skills is more prevalent in new entrants and young school leavers.
The RLSP to seek to increase levels of employer satisfaction in regards to basic skills.
• Engage with schools, local authorities and providers to promote the need for basic skills and to highlight the concerns of industry.
Schools, FE,
HE and WBL Providers, Industry Representatives, WG, Employability Projects, Careers Wales, DWP, Local Authorities
Section 3 – Sector Profiles
Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales
Recommendations
• Improve the use of social clauses within large scale infrastructure projects to support learners and individuals into employment.
• Develop with industry a common understanding of basic skills and a baseline on which to monitor satisfaction with basic skills.
• Work with employability providers and WG via the employability group to support awareness amongst young people of basic skills requirements including literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills.