Skilled Workforce
Skills remains an important focus for NEPIC and its Leadership Team. The NEPIC Skills Thrust Team has migrated and become the Northeast Skills Board for the National Skills Academy for the Process Industry under the chairmanship of George Ritchie of Sembcorp, a role that is required to report into both the Academy and NEPIC. NEPIC signposts companies to the best source of advice on skills needs at all levels but always works in partnership with the Academy.
NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY FOR THE PROCESS INDUSTRY
On all issues concerning Skills for the process sector NEPIC collaborates with the National Skills Academy for the Process Industry. NEPIC was an instigator of the academy and has continued to support its development on behalf of the sector. The National Skills academy has the mandate from both industry and government for Training and skills development for the Biotechnology, Chemicals, Composites, Downstream, Pharmaceutical and Polymer industries. It tackles the strategic issues of Competence, Competitiveness through ensuring a Gold Standard of course content and workforce qualifications. In order to ensure that companies can answer the difficult questions of diligence and competence all companies in the sector should ensure their staff are qualified to the Gold Standard set by the Industry through the Academy.
National Skills Academy for the Process Industry:
- Competence: We can help your business demonstrate workforce competence and protect your licence to operate by minimising safety, health and environmental risk.
- Competitiveness: Our Skills Assurance process will help you increase productivity and efficiency and be more competitive.
- Courses and qualifications: You can find the right training and qualifications through our network of quality assured training providers see www.process.nsacademy.co.uk
COGENT SECTOR SKILLS COUNCIL
The Cogent Sector Skills Council provides many is the UK's industry skills body for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nuclear, oil and gas, petroleum and polymer businesses, and we also have a key role in meeting the skills needs of emerging technologies. As an employer-led Sector Skills Council (SSC), we work with industry to research and forecast skills needs and develop fit-for-purpose standards and qualifications and other skills solutions.
COGENTs website has many useful features such as a qualifications versus career map and a lot of data about the skills within the sub sectors of the process industry. See www.cogent-ssc.com
GRADUATES AND APPRENTICES
For information on Graduate skills NEPIC has five top class universities within its industrial footprint. All of which have five star departments aimed at the needs of the process industry. Access these excellent higher educational establishments on the Universities Tab on this web site or see their combined website at Universities for North East England www.unis4ne.ac.uk
Visit the links here to watch the NEPIC Graduate Skills and the NEPIC Apprenticeship Skills videos.
