Viglacera Vocational Skills Programme Company established. Originally responsible for 5 industries One of 26 Sector Skills Council s in the UK

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1 Viglacera Vocational Skills Programme Presented by: Mr Jonathan Ledger (CEO Proskills) Who are Proskills UK?: 2003 Company established Originally responsible for 5 industries One of 26 Sector Skills Council s in the UK 2005 Sector Skills Council launched 2009 National Skills Academy opened 2012 Transformation into commercial group 2014 Registered Charity status gained 2015 Awarding Body launched 1

2 Proskills are Global Award Winners 5 x full sets of National Occupational Skills Standards 60 job functions include from 5 industries 5 x sets of curriculum covering 5 levels each 500 x industry based technical and educational experts consulted 120 x staff received extensive NOSS and VET training 17 x common NOSS units adopted by 40 x further Viglacera divisions (outside the project) 36 staff x training to be vocational skills assessors 10 staff x training to be vocational skills verifiers 80 x participating learners from factories 15 x participating sites from 5 industries 160 x assessments undertaken 3 x more business areas 2 x business improvement consultation completed 4 careers fairs 6600 provided with IAG 623 participated in training 948 achieved qualifications 130 completed CPD 424 employers reached Proskills global reach 2

3 Proskills Industry Partnerships: Printing, Inks, Paper, Card & Packaging Cross Sector Health and Safety Glass, Glazing, Fenestration Ceramics, Building Materials, Mining & Quarrying Coatings and Paints Timber, Wood, Furniture, Furnishings & Interiors Hospitality, Tourism, Logistics Proskills Industrial Skills Strategy 3

4 Proskills Approach Our global sectoral approach to skills supports employers end to end, and provides a one stop shop range of training and skills solutions. Understanding the Market Skills Infrastructure Delivery and Recognition Skills Research Standards Development Qualifications & Course Design Quality Assured Training Delivery Certification & Professional Services Proskills and Viglacera initial contact May 2014 Conducted an initial scoping visit Resulted in a long term cooperation agreement Aim To create a long-term cooperation and collaboration in piloting a model that places employers as the lead in ensuring skills standards are relevant to the needs of employers, in line with regional and international standards 4

5 Our scoping visit To assess and conduct an initial exchange of information on the processes of occupational standards development, based on the UK experience. Business Scoping Visits: 6 x visits to different business units Covering flat glass, cut glass, sanitary ware, ceramic tiles (x2) and granite tiles Met with business Directors, Managers, Team Leaders and production staff Viewed some of the production sites to understand the business context College: Discussion with Viglacera Vocational College regarding skills standard development and use within vocational education and training. Viglacera Managers: Provided with some initial training regarding the UK vocational skills system and understanding the impact of learning on the business. A Transferable Skills Process Recruitment Quality assurance Induction Training Skills assessment Competence recognition Safe culture 5

6 Overall aim Competence = Safer And more Productive Effective Efficient Happier Project Key Actions 1. Re-engineer and update the Vietnamese National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS) based on UK National Occupational Standards (NOS) as a template, contextualised to meet Vietnamese industry requirements (covering glass, ceramic tiles, granite composite tiles and sanitary wares) 2. Re-develop training courses delivered by both the Viglacera Vocational College and the business sites to ensure the content matches the NOSS 3. Implement a programme of Skills Assessor for all intended skills assessments; 4. Develop, implement, deliver and report on a vocational skills pilot programme using the newly developed National Skills Standards across the 4 occupational areas identified. 5. To develop the Viglacera Vocational College expertise and quality processes so as to enable it to become an Approved Centre of a UK Awarding Organisation (UK AO) or an UK National Skills Academy. 6. Undertake a Labour Market study within relevant parts of the business in order to develop a new and appropriate skills strategy for Viglacera, and which will provide skills demand intelligence for the Viglacera Vocational College 6

7 Schedule of activity Activity by quarter QTR 1 Oct 14 QTR 2 Mar 15 QTR 3 Jul 15 QTR 4 Sep 15 QTR 5 Dec 2015 QTR 6 Mar 16 1 NOSS Development 2 Programme Development 3 Curriculum Development 4 Assessment Training 5 Research/Strategy 6 Impact Measurement 7 Pilot Programme 8 Accreditation with UK What have we done together? 1. Identified skills needed to deliver industry objectives 6. Quality assured delivery against industry objectives 2. Examined skills and competence of current workforce using international benchmarks 5. Delivered certified training programmes to international standards 3. Identifed skills gap in current and future industry requirements 4. Designed training programmes, train the trainer, and built high quality provision 7

8 Skills Impact on Viglacera: Increases in safety, operational skills and knowledge Provides performance measurement via competence benchmarking Ensures legal and regulatory compliance Helps your business deliver high quality products and services Increases worker and business productivity Creates a multi-skilled & more effective workforce Reduces maintenance and other operations costs Enables best practises to be shared across a range of sites Identifies further development needs in a structured manner Highlights skills & knowledge previously un-identified Provides external confirmation of individual experience & skills Demonstrates commitment to employees and increases motivation Helps to access and deliver better business opportunities Pilot achievements 26 students completed to international standards 26 assessors trained and completed to international standards 26 Internal Quality Assurers completed to international standards Curriculum tested against new Viglacera NOSS 8

9 More to be done To process the Assessor and IQA Certificates Complete the audit and registration process for Viglacera Vocational College to become an Approved Centre for the ongoing delivery international vocational skills standards within the company New projects will provide teacher training for Viglacera Vocational College Teachers Supporting recruitment of students into the college Looking at higher level technical qualifications Implementation of the common Health and Safety NOSS across the business Supporting management development and training Implementing training for Real-Estate Continue to support the AAC business Proskills and Viglacera - Global Award Winners 5 x full sets of National Occupational Skills Standards 60 job functions include from 5 industries 5 x sets of curriculum covering 5 levels each 500 x industry based technical and educational experts consulted 120 x staff received extensive NOSS and VET training 17 x common NOSS units adopted by 40 x further Viglacera divisions (outside the project) 26 x staff training to be vocational skills assessors 26 x staff training to be vocational skills verifiers 80 x participating learners from factories 15 x participating sites from 5 industries 160 x assessments undertaken 3 x more business areas 2 x business improvement consultation completed 9

10 Journey to a happy place Evolving thinking though a skills revolution +44 (0) info@proskills.co.uk 10