Skills and Education

UK electronics companies need to be more strategic in addressing skills and education if they are to raise productivity and compete effectively. This means a step change in management and leadership skills, technical and engineering skills, general business skills and procurement and supply chain management skills, all of which are essential for the future survival and success of the industry. Government also needs to target the available resources better to stimulate the take-up of training and education by employers and individual learners in schools, colleges and universities and the workplace.

The Skills & Education Workstream will establish a more strategic approach to skills and education in all areas and work to ensure government resources are better targeted.

The group has established three key criteria for evaluating all activities:

1. Value-add – the activity or outcome must add value to the sector.
2. Sustainability – activities must be affordable in terms of public and private purse, and there must be resource available (whether in terms of capital or people) to enable their completion.
3. Scalability – activities must be scalable from their pilot phase to wider geographical deployment.