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Vince Cable sets out investment in skills for growth of more than £20 million
Skills Minister John Hayes said: "We know that business is best qualified to identify how skills can drive growth. This investment will help employers develop their own solutions to the barriers that stand in the way of opportunity."
The following sectors will immediately benefit from GIF funding; co-investment from employer groups could double the figures specified below:
Renewable energy - RenewableUK, the wind, wave and tidal energy trade association, is establishing a Renewables Training Network (RTN) to tackle the critical shortage of skilled workers in green energy industries. The RTN will create 2,000 places on training courses specifically tailored to those wanting to make the transition into the renewable energy sector, focusing particularly on mature skilled workers wishing to retrain. Working with employers, universities and colleges, the RTN aims to bridge the skills gap to help build a new low carbon economy, making the most of the UK's abundant sources of renewable energy. - Investment: £579,583
Hospitality - People 1st will create a Hospitality Guild which will broker 500 new apprenticeship places, introduce four voluntary licence to practise schemes and help 15,000 unemployed people to find work. Investment: £1,745,785
Science based industries - Cogent will deliver an Apprenticeship Training Agency (ATA) for the science based industries which will increase apprenticeship numbers in Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) and deliver over 1000 new apprenticeships by 2017. Investment: £889,665
A Life Sciences Skills Pathway will provide over 400 new higher level apprenticeships, 500 individuals receiving technician training and 1500 work ready graduates through an employability kite marking scheme. Investment: £890,876
An SME Gold Standard competency framework, a tool to help SMEs assess the capabilities of their employees, will increase training in SMEs by £100 per employee by 2015. By 2017 the sector will have over 1000 SMEs pledged to the Gold Standard. Investment: £612,968
Energy & Utility Skills- EU Skills will establish a Talent Bank for the gas, power, waste management and water industries. The Talent Bank will provide a skills brokerage service, a vacancy matching service and launch a voluntary levy. This will create 400 new Apprenticeship places and support the training of 400 high skilled technicians by 2014. Investment: £362,870
Creative Industries - Skillset will develop a quality assurance framework to ensure clearly signposted training and help identify high quality job applicants. By 2013 over 200 Higher Education courses will have been assessed including HE Undergraduate, Postgraduate and level 4 courses. Investment: £516,535
Active Leisure - Skills Active will create a Group Training Association for the Sport & Active leisure sector that will help employers shape and invest in training. It aims to increase the volume of apprentices from 11,000 to 18,000 per year. Investment: £456,103
Skills Active will also deliver projects designed to improve the access to specialist training and qualifications for workers in the playwork and fitness & leisure sectors. Investment: £426,934
Environmental industries - Lantra will develop a new Professional Standards Framework, allowing employers to identify the skills they require to meet business objectives including leadership and management skills. Investment: £49,434
Employment Services - The Employment Related Services Association will create an Institute of Employability Professionals which will act as a regulatory body for the development and maintenance of quality standards, in addition to developing a voluntary licence to practise scheme. Investment: £480,760
Nuclear - The National Skills Academy for Nuclear will deliver a specific skills training system for manufacturing within the nuclear sector, particularly focussed on SMEs and the supply chain. Investment: £925,000
Heath - A new National Skills Academy for Health will help meet skills gaps, skills shortages and occupational shortages in pharmacy, midwifery, occupational health, and facilities management. Investment: £1,500,000
Creative and Cultural Skills - A National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills will improve training by forging new links between employers and training providers in creative and cultural industries in three new sectors - design, jewellery and heritage. Investment: £1,579,900
Work is now being undertaken on the development of future rounds of GIF, which will deliver up to £50m of government investment per year. An announcement will be made later this year regarding investment for 2012. The Growth and Innovation Fund was first proposed in the Skills for Sustainable Growth strategy in November 2010. The fund will provide up to £50 million of public funding per year in 2011-12 and 2012-13, underpinned by accompanying investment by employers. The Government is planning a similar level of investment over the subsequent two years of the Spending Review period.