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Conclusions and Actions
A strong digitally focussed workforce could:
✓ Lessen the dependence on the labour market,
use technology in conjunction with job roles to
make the jobs more efficient.
✓ Make exciting local roles that will appeal to the
digital generation of workers, mitigate the
talent drain.
✓ Help with training and learning resources so
the right skills can be delivered easily and
effectively
✓ Create problem solvers who can create
solutions via STEM learning.
✓ Censors, drones, monitoring equipment etc all
could become automated digital systems.
✓ Ensure provision of digital learning resource
tools to bridge the gap in digital educator
shortages. Allow digital to teach digital
✓ Reduce the gender gap in digital aspirations,
very few females are attracted to the sector
✓ Show young people that digital careers are for
everyone, in every sector
✓ Embed digital skills in our development
programmes in all parts of the county
Digital
Future requirements:
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Block Chain
• Drones & Robotics
• Big Data / Data Analytics
• Cloud Computing
• Internet of Things (IOT)
• 3D printing
• Automation
• Virtual and Augmented reality
• Compound Semiconductors
• 5G
• STEM and Critical Thinking
• Cyber security / GDPR
Disconnected-Report-final.pdf (worldskillsuk.org)
Digital 2030: strategic framework | GOV.WALES
Delivering Economic Transformation for a Better Future of Work
(gov.wales)
Creative Industries
Evidence suggests that more younger people
would like a career within the creative industries
(Gen Z section). Creative Industries are fast
becoming strongly digitalised and although this is
a growing sector in the county, potentially it is still
not large enough to satisfy the appetite for the
industry. However, the skills learned are core
transferable therefore skills such as gaming
developers, production companies etc. offer much
needed skills such as problem solving,
communication, strategy and planning, digital
expertise etc to other sectors. The concern is if
they do not see the opportunities locally in other
sectors, they may move out of area.
Creative education can also serve many other
purposes, from confidence building to self-
expression & creativity through to generating
wider appeal in digital processes, all of which are
highlighted as personal traits employers look for.
Therefore, young adults need to be continually
encouraged, because many skills they will learn
are core transferable.
With seemingly a healthy flow of recruits into this
type of work and no huge perceived recruitment
issues, this implies that Carmarthenshire's, low
volume of digital workers (43% below that national
average) is due to a lack of demand for those roles
within industry. This is understandable given that
97% of businesses are Micro & Small and the need
for automated digital services may be overkill for
their operations, they also have access to useful bolt
on self-use applications that can manage low
volumes of automation.
SME’s can however look at small gains in
automation and processes via digital adoption,
making small gains to improve productivity and
time management, therefore having a good basic
digital skill set would be advantageous for SME’s to
be able to identify areas of the operation that could
be digitalised.
Looking to the future Carmarthenshire should place
focus on digital technologies in addition to IT and
computing within its curriculum. This will have a
wide-reaching benefit, providing essential
knowledge and potentially have an effect of
levelling the gender imbalance
All LMI Data: Lightcast™
. 2024