BROADER IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING PROVIDERS established a pool of 120 skills advisers, on secondment from relevant The needs of organisations such as further education colleges. The council also set up a the local community centre close to a key Jobcentre Plus office to provide advice. must be considered Secondly, they worked with colleges and other local providers to increase the when developing range and number of training courses, and ensured that colleges had the education and staff and other capacity to deliver them. However, due to the broad range of training plans. courses wanting to be undertaken by the redundant employees and the large number of workers seeking training, the Learning and Skills Council was not The UK National always able to establish the courses as quickly as required. While the training Audit Office (2006) response from the Learning and Skills Council was extensive, for some highlighted the workers it came too early. Because of the sudden nature of the closure, challenges for the some employees did not have the opportunity to consider future occupations, former Learning and were still in shock (UK National Audit Office 2006). and Skills Council The MG Rover case study highlighted the need to ensure that skills advice and, by extension is targeted in terms of timing and the level of information provided to training providers, ensure the worker gets the greatest benefit from it (UK National Audit in developing their Office 2006). A further implication for providers relates to the extent and response for the types of courses available for displaced workers. The partnership between provision of the Learning effective training and Skills Council and Jobcentre Plus was seen to provide a mechanism for redundant for delivering a range and generally sufficient volume of training employees. courses, including work-based learning courses. Firstly, they had are also implications for training at the local community level; for to have the example, Bailey et al. (2008) noted that the specific types of education and capacity to training options that were taken up provided skills that were of use to the provide advice local community. This implies that an assessment of the types of skills of use to the to a local community would be a worthwhile strategy. of MG The needs of the local community were further considered through Rover. To the availability of training to the spouses/partners of redundant achieve this they employees and supply-chain employees.
BROADER IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING PROVIDERS The needs of the local community must be considered when developing education and training plans. The UK National Audit Office (2006) highlighted the challenges for the former Learning and Skills Council and, by extension training providers, in developing their response for the provision of effective training for redundant employees. Firstly, they had to have the capacity to provide advice to the of MG Rover. To achieve this they established a pool of 120 skills advisers, on secondment from relevant organisations such as further education colleges. The council also set up a centre close to a key Jobcentre Plus office to provide advice. Secondly, they worked with colleges and other local providers to increase the range and number of training courses, and ensured that colleges had the staff and other capacity to deliver them. However, due to the broad range of courses wanting to be undertaken by the redundant employees and the large number of workers seeking training, the Learning and Skills Council was not always able to establish the courses as quickly as required. While the training response from the Learning and Skills Council was extensive, for some workers it came too early. Because of the sudden nature of the closure, some employees did not have the opportunity to consider future occupations, and were still in shock (UK National Audit Office 2006). The MG Rover case study highlighted the need to ensure that skills advice is targeted in terms of timing and the level of information provided to ensure the worker gets the greatest benefit from it (UK National Audit Office 2006). A further implication for providers relates to the extent and types of courses available for displaced workers. The partnership between the Learning and Skills Council and Jobcentre Plus was seen to provide a mechanism for delivering a range and generally sufficient volume of training courses, including work-based learning courses. are also implications for training at the local community level; for example, Bailey et al. (2008) noted that the specific types of education and training options that were taken up provided skills that were of use to the local community. This implies that an assessment of the types of skills of use to a local community would be a worthwhile strategy. The needs of the local community were further considered through the availability of training to the spouses/partners of redundant employees and supply-chain employees.
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