Employers

The National Skills Academy for Manufacturing (The Skills Acadamy) is led by key UK manufacturing employers across the sectors including Nissan, Toyota, Corus, Rolls-Royce plc, Caterpillar, Ford, GKN, Airbus UK, BAE Systems and VT Group, who reflect their skills needs in each of the nine regions across sectors through Regional Advisory Groups (RAGs) who play an integral part on influencing and setting national standards.

Regional Advisory Groups (RAGs)

The roles and responsibilities of RAGs include providing employer leadership, identifying employers' skills needs, engaging regional manufacturing employers across sectors and ensuring SME involvement.  RAGs also monitor provisions in line with regional priorities in compliance with The Skills Academy standard.

Sectors

The Skills Academy employers across various manufacturing sectors include: Aerospace, Automotive, Marine, Electrical, Electronics, Metals, Engineered Metals and Bioscience.

Benefits

People are at the heart of every business; their performance has a direct impact on productivity and profitability.  Effective learning can help people reach their full potential and significantly increase businesses' ability to compete successfully in the ever changing global market place.  Improved skills levels will enhance your competitive position enabling your business to move forward and tackle new challenges. 

All our programmes incorporate advanced learning techniques that are proven to improve understanding and retention.  You can therefore expect faster results within your business leading to a greater sustained impact on both productivity and profitability.