Increasing Private Support Worcestershire SMEs Successful Bidder / Sept 16 Dec 18 No of SMEs Engaged. Delivery of £2.8 Million ESIF – Sector Investment in to upskill their existing Employment & Skills programme, Envisaged delivery No of Learners Skills Workforce. Targets: Team to commence in September Supported SMEs Engaged: 2130 2016. Awaiting announcement of successful tenderer by SFA. Learners Supported: 2710 Progression Targets: Progression within Work: In Work: 600 Progression Education: Education: 420 Apprenticeships: Progression Apprenticeship: 650 Raise cyber awareness National Cyber Skills 15/16 Work with the National Number of Businesses amongst SMEs. Target 400 Centre / ED Team at Cyber Skills Centre Trained in Cyber Security – Businesses WCC 335 Created 81 jobs through centre support. Develop and Implement a WLEP / ESB / Sept 16 Working with WLEP / ESB Tender is with the ESIF Leadership & Management Employment & Skills to develop an ESIF Committee pending decision Course for SMEs Team Programme to support Level 2 and Level 3 Skills for SMEs Development of Sector Skills WLEP / Employment Sept 16 Sector Plans are being Strategy: & Skills Team developed as follows: Skills Construction/E gineering – Agritech research done , plan to be developed IT/Cyber research in – progress Agritech discussions – underway
Increasing Private Sector Investment in Skills Support Worcestershire SMEs to upskill their existing Workforce. Targets: SMEs Engaged: 2130 Learners Supported: 2710 Progression within Work: 600 Progression Education: 420 Progression Apprenticeship: 650 Successful Bidder / Employment & Skills Team Sept 16 – Dec 18 No of SMEs Engaged. No of Learners Supported Progression Targets: In Work: Education: Apprenticeships: Delivery of £2.8 Million ESIF programme, Envisaged delivery to commence in September 2016. Awaiting announcement of successful tenderer by SFA. Raise cyber awareness amongst SMEs. Target 400 Businesses National Cyber Skills Centre / ED Team at WCC 15/16 Work with the National Cyber Skills Centre Number of Businesses Trained in Cyber Security – 335 Created 81 jobs through centre support. Develop and Implement a Leadership & Management Course for SMEs WLEP / ESB / Employment & Skills Team Sept 16 Working with WLEP / ESB to develop an ESIF Programme to support Level 2 and Level 3 Skills for SMEs Tender is with the ESIF Committee pending decision Development of Sector Skills Strategy: Skills Agritech WLEP / Employment & Skills Team Sept 16 Sector Plans are being developed as follows: Construction/E gineering – research done , plan to be developed IT/Cyber – research in progress Agritech – discussions underway
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