01 September 2009

BETTER ACCESS TO TRAINING

Proskills has joined forces with four other related Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), Cogent, Improve, Semta and Skillsfast-UK, to form the Manufacturing Skills Alliance (MSA)

The objective of the Alliance is to find common ground across the five manufacturing-related SSCs to unify and simplify the processes in which manufacturing employers can address skills shortages, access the right training support, and create opportunities for employers in their respective sectors to improve productivity and profitability through skills, allowing them to compete in the global economy.

For employers in the print and paper industries, this will mean a better understanding of what support is available through a coherent set of programmes that will improve transferabilty for individuals across the industry. The MSA has already started a number of collaborative projects. These include productivity and competitiveness programmes which provide training in lean manufacturing, and the implementation of business improvement techniques.

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