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Our Big Tickets
The Cogent Sector science-based industries are undergoing rapid change and development with new technology and innovation at the forefront. Cogent is advancing its plans to secure the skills that are needed in a world where nothing stands still for long.  This process is boosted by the exceptional support we get from industry, with employers leaders playing a key role in a range of Cogent skills initiativies. We will be delivering our aims through:

  • Being the voice of employers on skills
  • Designing fit-for-purpose qualifications
  • Attracting young people into the Sectors
  • Understanding industry skills needs

Cogent's key deliverables for industry are focussed around five "Big Tickets" and associated programmes of work.

  Industry Skills Standards and Qualifications
Cogent is developing a suite of qualifications that underpin "Gold Standards" and Job Contexts to enable acquisition and recognition of competence to National Standards for key roles in the sectors.
Apprentices
Apprentices continue to be a major strand of Cogent's work and represent a highly-respected system of training and education.  Apprenticeships provide the vital supply of skilled employees for the future with the right skills to meet the future sector needs.

Future Skills
Cogent's Future Skills research programme provides the evidence and essential intelligence to inform Cogent's strategy and programme of activity, as well as, providing employers with the trend data to support their own workforce planning.

Career Pathways
This is a sector-wide web-based initiative, welcomed both by employers and stakeholders alike and which is attracting thousands of new users month on month.  It is playing an important part in securing the talents industry needs now and in the future. 
  Skills Benchmarking
This Big Ticket is underpinned by an IT platform which provides the all-important employer benchmarking against the Cogent standards and job roles, as well as a web-based skills match product which allows individual assessment against the Gold Standard Competencies. Cogent is setting the standard for skills in the Sector and developing the tools to allow companies to assess their performance.

                    
 
 
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