22 Jul 2009
One of the country’s leading technical consultancies to process industries across the world has had its products and services officially endorsed by the National Skills Academy Process Industries.
North West-based ABB Engineering Services is one of five regional education and training providers that now have Academy endorsement, giving them access to hundreds of UK employers looking for specialist training to help them address the urgent skills crisis facing this £67 billion sector.
The North West process industries, which cover the chemicals, polymers and pharmaceutical sectors, employ over 61,000 people and turn over the equivalent of £35,000 per minute.
ABB which operates in more than 100 countries and has over 500 employees in its Warrington base alone, has gone through a rigorous assessment process to be accredited. This will enhance the Academy’s coverage of the skills agenda and give it complete breadth from Level 2 NVQ to Continuous Professional Development for Chartered Engineers in the relevant sectors.
Its staff will be working alongside the Academy and regional employers to create bespoke courses as part of a national training and accreditation framework that will help resolve industry skills issues.
Part of a
national network, the Skills Academy was established to help close the process
industries skills gap, and chose the North West as one of five regional bases
where a high concentration of process industry employers are located. Led completely
by employers, the Academy is a one stop shop for training issues, bringing
employers and training specialists together to identify and address skills
issues, in addition to lobbying for funding at a national level.
The Academy’s
Regional Skills Manager for the North
West, Roger Langford said: “We are delighted to welcome
ABB on to our list of Accredited Providers and look forward to engaging with
employers to address the higher level skills needs for their current and future
Chartered Engineers”
ABB Engineering
Services marketing manager Dai Richards said: “It’s fantastic that the
Skills Academy has a base here in the North West. It means
that we’re able to get support specific to our needs, with a skills manager who
knows exactly what the issues are in our region.
“The Academy is
developing training programmes that meet the needs of employers and will
'up-skill' the staff employed by them. The academy, like ABB, has a huge
interest in making our process industry great, and one of the best ways is to
help people upskill.
“Having the
Academy’s support endorses our products and services, and will give employers
confidence in the quality of our training.
“We’re both
working towards the same goal and look forward to helping play a full and active
part in the development of the Academy’s activities here in the region.”
Other providers
in the North West who are now
Academy-accredited include Trafford
College, Riverside College, PICME and Wirral Met
College.
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