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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.
✓ Allow collaboration and contact with experts
globally
✓ 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
✓ Champion the development of excellence in
advanced digital skills
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
Disconnected-Report-final.pdf (worldskillsuk.org)
Digital 2030: strategic framework | GOV.WALES
Delivering Economic Transformation for a Better Future of Work
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Creative Industries
Evidence suggests that more younger people
would like a career within the creative industries,
yet it is still only a small part of the economy.
Creative Industries are fast becoming strongly
digitalised, therefore skills such as gaming
developers, production companies etc. can offer
some good core transferable skills such as
problem solving, communication, strategy &
planning, Digital expertise etc to other sectors.
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.
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With seemingly a healthy flow of recruits into this
type of work and no huge perceived recruitment
issues, this implies that Pembrokeshire's, low
volume of digital workers (50% 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.
Looking to the future Pembrokeshire should place
focus on digital technologies in addition to IT and
computing. The ambitious new plans for the
county will require skills in robotics, Drones, AI,
VR/AR, 3d Printing etc, building on the great work
of MADE Cymru .