Enhancing Skills

Manufacturing a world class future...

Our Industry Partners

All our partners have a shared commitment to, high-quality vocational education and training, recognition of the contribution it can make to increasing, productivity and performance and a desire to drive through change.

Manufacturing Employers

Employers sit at the heart of the Skills Academy .  Each of our regions are supported by an advisory group of leading manufacturers and chaired by world-class organisations.  Each group represents manufacturing within its region informing our product development and employer awareness activities. 

Industry Bodies

To deliver on our broad skills remit, we work in partnership with employer and industry groups to maximise our awareness of the manufacturing sector's needs and ensure employers have the maximum awareness of our activities and the benefits available to them.

Training Provider

The effective delivery of training is key to achieving economic benefits.  We are working in partnership with both public and private training providers to ensure the most powerful delivery of all training programmes leading to maximum economic benefit from our training. 

Government

The National Skills Academies are central to the government world-class skills strategy.  We are supported by BIS, LSC, the English RDAs and NI devolved administration.