Richard Lee
PG: There are not enough people in our industry. One of our issues is recruiting people into our education system from other parts of the country. We also need to make sure that the people coming through schools have more STEM activity in the background, more interactions, so they understand what the career paths are. We want to make sure that industry and education work closely together.
The biggest issue is we have an existing workforce in an industry that has changed so dramatically in the past 10 years and is going to move again in the next 10 years. HTQs give us the opportunity to go through the initial ‘This is what engineering is. This is what technical digital is’ and then bring them together.
JB: We work in construction, property development and investment property investment. There are three strands to the business, and we have people who come through various channels of education.
Being on site at half-six in the morning is a big ask for a young kid. So, we’ve got to try to buy into the person. These days we look at the person and see what type of education might suit them, get them into the business and if they’re keen and they engage it is far easier.
RL: This government’s made it more difficult to hire apprentices for two reasons: it’s more expensive and harder to let them go. off getting a full time, qualified employee.
It’s not far
Then there’s the new employment legislation. It’s much harder to release somebody if it doesn’t work out and you’ve got to be sure in the first few months and go through the proper process.
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PP: The national minimum wage has gone up by £1.10 an hour. We have 13 apprentices across the business. That’s £180,000, whereas it was £130,000.
MR: That’s why we didn’t take an apprentice on last year – increased costs and the change in legislation.
JB: We’ve got the National Living Wage increases, then you’ve got your middle age tradespeople saying they are only paid 50p more than new workers. The construction industry needs new blood and we’re desperate to get that in. It’s a long-term investment but with what’s going on in the world it’s difficult.
What other things do colleges need to focus on, what part will AI play?
RL: The new AI world that we’re getting into needs some focus. We’ve hired our first AI employee in a business analyst role last week.
Kerry Harrison
CS: We have worked with the Institute of Technology on an AI module. The students can take a unique subject area. There’s something around business language, It’s moving fast.
there’s AI skills.
PG: We had a meeting and talked about the future skills of the defence industry and said, ‘Actually we don’t know what it’s going to look like in the next 10 years.’
HTQs are a perfect example of where education and industry can work together to make sure that we’re fully aware of where engineering meets digital skills and the technology overlap. It will evolve.
MD: If we’re going to deliver the right skills to the right people then it’s about working in partnership. We know that we’ve got desperate skills gaps and we’re only going to get them the right skills if we’re starting now and working together to develop those programmes.
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