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National Skills Academy for Process Industries

The process industries produce hundreds of essentials for our daily lives from biofuels and plastics, through to rubber, synthetic fibres for clothing, pharmaceuticals and crucial chemical additives which transform, strengthen and make safe many end user products. The process industries which include chemicals, pharmaceutical and polymers manufacturing have a combined turnover of £67.1 billion and a Gross Value Added in excess of £23 billion, which is over 15% of total UK manufacturing GVA.

Skills development is vital to meet the future needs of UK process and chemistry based businesses, who are operating in a highly competitive global marketplace.

What is the model for NSAPI?

NSAPI is based on a hub and spoke model. A small centre will provide leadership and accreditation and a network of public and private training centres around the UK will deliver the training.

NSAPI covers all the process industries including chemicals, pharmaceuticals and polymers.  Based on Cogent defined standards, the Academy defines and accredit regional provision, which sit within a national framework (for example training accredited in the South East will will recognised in the North West). NSAPI ensure this common framework.

What it does?

The Academy:

  • delivers high quality training based on world class standards;
  • builds networks with a range of existing learning providers, so that new approaches and higher standards are shared across the sector and with other SSCs, and benefit both employees and employers;
  • provides leading edge teaching in a modern learning environment;
  • establishes centres of innovation aimed at shaping training programmes to meet the sectors’ needs;
  • be flexible, working closely with employers;
  • be part of the formal education system;
  • deliver to SMEs through regional clusters.

For further information regarding NSAPI, please contact Mandeep Smith


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