Employment, Training & Skills Breakfast Briefing for Manufacturers
Join the HEY Growth Hub, HETA, and partners for this free and informative breakfast event at HETA on Thursday 17th July which will explore employment & skills matters
About this event
Join the HEY Growth Hub, HETA, and partners for this free and informative breakfast event at HETA on Thursday 17th July.
Recruitment and skills are often cited as the single biggest barrier to manufacturing business growth. Firms often state that they are unable to recruit the right candidates, with the right skills. Moreover, firms are often confused at the range of funded skills and workforce training available.
This breakfast briefing event will explore:
- The current skills situation in the regional manufacturing sector
- The currently available funding for workforce upskilling and training
- The training provision offered by HETA, a large local apprenticeship training provider
The briefing will be delivered by expert speakers from the HEY Business, Growth and Skills Hub, the Growth Hub, and HETA itself. There will be ample time for networking both before and after the presentation session, with the event closing with a guided tour of HETA's site, including a visit to a new £500,000 process testing rig and control room, which is available for local manufacturers to use for training opportunities.
Event Agenda
8am – Doors, breakfast and networking
8.30am – Welcome & Intros – HETA Representative, and Jon Brunton, Growth Hub Manager, HEY Business, Growth and Skills Hub
8.35am – Overview of Manufacturing employer skills needs – TBC
8.55am – Overview of current funding for workforce training and skills development in the manufacturing sector – Carl Southcoat, Workforce Development Business Advisor, HEY Business, Growth and Skills Hub
9.15am – Overview of HETA’s current training offer, and “meet the manufacturing apprentices” – HETA team
9.30am – tour of HETA’s site including the new process testing rig
9.45am – networking
10am – event close
This event is free to attend, however advanced booking is required to manage numbers and to enable delegate access to the controlled HETA site. Representatives of manufacturing businesses are welcome to attend this event.