SKILLS & TRAINING
80% OF EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING AND UTILITIES WANT TO UPSKILL THIS YEAR, AS GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES TO BOOST BUSINESS GROWTH IN 2022
* Employers urged to make the most of national appetite for learning new work skills, as 70% of workers interested in developing their skills in 2022 *
* Today, government launches a new ‘Skills for Life’ campaign for employers to boost business growth by skilling up workforce *
* Major manufacturing employers including Heineken and Ford have called on employers to ‘join the skills revolution’ *
* Upskilling your employees “helps with attraction and retention of staff, provides motivation and engagement.” says Viren Patel, Director of the Business Development Unit at The Open University
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usinesses across the manufacturing sector are being urged to ‘Join the skills revolution’ as tens of millions of employees around England express a desire to skill up in their jobs this year. New research has revealed that a huge 80% of workers in the manufacturing and utilities industries are interested in learning new work skills in 2022, over-indexing against the nation’s average of 70%. The new Censuswide survey of over 4,000 of the UK’s workforce showed a clear national appetite for skills development and indicated that employees are hungry to learn more and progress further in their careers this year compared to 2021 – with 69% wanting increased job satisfaction in 2022 and 67% feeling that gaining new skills will be key to achieving their work goals.
Over a quarter (28%) of workers said that progression and opportunities to learn were paramount goals in their working life. This research coincides with the launch of the government campaign which urges employers to ‘join the skills revolution’, aiming to help businesses across a wide range of industries gear up for economic recovery by skilling up their workforce. The campaign highlights the range of training and employment schemes available for businesses wanting to boost their workforce capabilities, including apprenticeships, traineeships and T levels.
Skilling Up in Manufacturing Sector specific findings from the survey have indicated that a huge 80% and 77% of respondents
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working in manufacturing and utilities industries, and engineering respectively, are also interested in learning new skills relating to their work in 2022. The top areas workers say they are most keen to explore include IT and digital (20%), finance (16%) and business (16%), with 1 in 9 (11%) expressing an interest in learning more around green industries this year. Businesses are being encouraged to grasp this development opportunity to boost their business growth. Prominent industry voices have spoken out on the importance of skills to drive better results and retain their workforce.
David Flochel, Managing Director of HEINEKEN UK, said: “Recent demands on those in the food and drink sector have been immense – having robust skills programmes in place has enabled our colleagues
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