Providers

The National Skills Academy for Manufacturing (the Skills Academy) delivers its portfolio of world-class training products and provisions through an approved network of vocational training providers ranging from FE Providers, HE Institutions, private companies and specialist individuals.

This network is the catalyst between employers and learners to develop a more effective manufacturing workforce in the UK. By maximising the learning experience and the transfer of knowledge directly in the workplace, the Skills Academy can ensure direct business benefits to UK manufacturing companies.

The Skills Academy's training providers incorporate a clear progression pathway to support individual development, business learning at all levels and performance improvement linked to professional qualifications.

The Skills Academy Standard

The Skills Academy is a beacon for security for employers with all training providers certified against world-class standards of both training content and delivery.   

All trainers delivering the Skills Academy's products have successfully completed a thorough validation process, proving their competence to deliver world-class subject knowledge.  All of the Skills Academy trainers have also demonstrated the ability to adopt leading edge training techniques ensuring they not only deliver the best content but also train in the most powerful way possible.  This unique combination ensures our programme members receive the best.

All of our training is supported by powerful pre-course materials and learning logs to help best prepare and to embed the learning following return to the workplace.  This again ensures the maximum benefit from the learning.

Benefits

Working within the Skills Academy network enables providers to discover first-hand what manufacturing employers need and gives them the support to provide it.  The network facilitates the sharing of good practice and provides access to high-quality training materials, along with development for trainers and assessors.

Validation by the Skills Academy identifies organisations as first-class providers of skills training for manufacturing employers and demonstrates their commitment to the highest standards. Providers who are validated will have a competitive edge over their peers, with the potential to open up greater business opportunities.

Capable Capacity Building

While creating a new programme, that is more engaging for the learner, we have added accelerated learning techniques and product familiarisation, doubled the size of the cohort and eliminated at least one stage of the process. Two recent pilots covering 36 trainers/assessors yielded an average pass rate over 80% and attracted comments like “best training programme I have been on” and “significantly better than previous B-IT training”.  In addition the process of trainer/assessor accreditation has been aligned to reflect the progression pathway concept highlighted by Leitch while simultaneously enhancing the economic benefit for providers. The new ‘earn while you learn’ approach recognises three levels of accredited provision from Associate, through Validated to Master.

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Becoming a Skills Academy Provider

Being nationally recognised as a Skills Academy provider will give you a competitive edge and identify you as a high quality provider of skills training and provisions for manufacturing employers.  Working within the approved network will embed competence and commitment to the highest national standards.