What Semta does for Employers
Semta works with and for employers to
understand your skills needs and help you meet them, to tell
government what is needed, and to get public funding.
We also prompt training providers to match employers’
demands.
£65 million funding for skills
Semta secures funding to support employers
across the UK in training and developing their
workforce.
Our specialist advisers help companies to
assess their skills needs, recommend how they can meet them and
access funding. Semta has agreed a bespoke funding deal with the
government in England to help tackle skills priorities.
Through the Sector Compact we have won £65
million to help employers develop their employees and boost
business performance.
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Providing the facts
Semta’s research team publishes regular
surveys and analysis to keep a detailed up-to date picture of its
sectors.
They include Labour Market Intelligence
surveys which monitor industry trends and record skills gaps,
skills shortages and how many people hold relevant
qualifications. A solid research base helps Semta
accurately target actions on skills and forms the basis of our
Sector Skills Agreements.
Sector Skills Agreements: a blueprint for skills
Sector Skills Agreements set out the skills
each sector needs to grow and be competitive – now and in the
future - and identify how they will be
supplied.
Semta has drawn up Sector Skills Agreements
covering all our sectors, based on in-depth analysis and
wide-ranging consultation. Employers have led their
development through Sector Strategy Groups and are now implementing
them.
Tools to help your business
Working with Sector Strategy Groups, Semta has
developed a range of diagnostic tools to help you have the right
people with the right skills at the right time.
You can use the tools to plan for the skills
you need, link skills development with business objectives, and
check that training has had the intended effect. Semta’s
benchmarking tool shows where your company sits on a scale of
excellence in training and how you can move up the best practice
ladder.
The diagnostic tools will be online shortly.
Matching education to employers’ expectations
As an employer, you need to know that young
people leaving education have what it takes to become useful
employees.
Semta supports and encourages better take-up
of science, technology, engineering and maths in schools and acts
to ensure degrees contain the elements employers
need. We influence the school curriculum and play a key
role in developing Diplomas and GCSEs so that your company has a
better source of suitable recruits.