Women and Work Project Update - Phase Four

Asset Skills

• Strand 1 – 750 women with detailed skills needs analysis, clear development plans and access to training and development linked directly to them
• Strand 2 – 250 women who have detailed career plans, which capitalise on their skills and provide them with access to more demanding careers roles, including those outside of the industry

Cogent

• Strand 1 – 30 women will have the opportunity to ‘taste’ a technical role within the sector with a view to progressing to a full apprenticeship programme
• Strand 2 -  50 women will have the opportunity to acquire skills and competence to assist career progression both within or outwith the Cogent sector footprint
• Strand 3 – 20  women will have the opportunity to develop their management and leadership skills through in house mentoring and specialist management development

Construction Skills

• Strand 1 – 35 graduates assisted by a programme of support mechanisms to aid retention within the sector and progression to professional status within a construction related career
• Strand 2 – 10 tradeswomen receiving training and support to increase their earning potential
• Strand 3 – 30 women on apprenticeships benefiting from a programme of support mechanisms to assist in retention of females on apprenticeships and thus impact on the number of tradeswomen in the future
• Strand 4 – 35 Clerical and Admin workers receiving training and support to move into craft, technical and professional roles within the construction sector
• Strand 5 – 390 upskilling opportunities to encourage and assist in the progression of women to a more senior role within construction

E U Skills

• Strand 1 – 460  women to diversify into another discipline/potential to apply for supervisory/management positions
• Strand 2 – 165 women who are already supervisory/management level who would become more effective in their role following a targeted course to improve personal self confidence and broaden their managerial skills

Go Skills

• Strand 1 – 42 women recruited from the unemployment register and given the opportunity to train as a bus driver

Financial Services

• Strand 1 – 10 women will complete a programme of training and coaching to enable them to break through the “Glass Ceiling”

IMI

• Strand 1 400 upskilled females within the retail automotive sector who undertake roles of dealing with customer service both internally and externally.  Each female will follow a career development plan that will enable them to develop the skills and knowledge they need to undertake and excel in their current roles and potentially enable them to progress through the industry
• Strand 2 – 150 women will be developed in the retail automotive sector to acquire skills specifically leading to effective supervisory and/or management through a development plan linked to their own specific needs

Improve

• Strand 1 – 25 women to uptake career counselling and guidance to encourage access to Male dominated sub sectors particularly meat and poultry, diary, oils and fats, and milling and starches sectors.  This could be training in a specific skill, Vocational Qualifications with sector pathways or retraining into areas of skills shortages
• Strand 2 – 50 offering training in much needed supervisory or first line management training leading to formal qualifications or delivering training in a technique , e.g interviewing, managing or supervision, negotiation techniques.   Also supporting women to lead on projects and process improvements within a business including lean leaders, risk management and project management training
• Strand 3 – 50 women including a range of mentoring, learning and training to support women in gaining skills in middle management to encourage women to apply for promotion or plan their own career progression.  This could include specific coaching on subject matters or the undertaking of higher level qualifications or short courses.  The training could be specific to people and team development which encourage a culture of development for other women in the business

Lantra

• Strand 1 – 675 women will increase their participation in the labour market where they continue to be underrepresented within the identified Lantra Sectors. Increase the number of women progressing in non traditional trades and occupational areas which will impact on gender imbalance.  Continue to encourage employers to invest in women employees, in time, training and salary.  Give women additional skills to address the challenges of the ongoing uncertainties in the current economic climate, addressing the threat of redundancies.  This to be enable them to have more attractive up to date and transferable skills in the market place

People 1st

• Strand 1 – 150 women (lower – senior) managers who are keen to progress following a comprehensive selection process, and signed off by the dynamic board of senior directors (think tank) The women leadership development will involve 9 training sessions with mentoring, home study and action learning sets to support this training.  The outputs of this strand are to provide support for career progression based on skills developed within the programme of activity and also to increase the women’s earning potential
• Strand 2 – 75 the continued implementation of a mentoring and coaching network involving both men and women.  Women will be the beneficiaries with men involved as mentors.  Careful consideration will be given when matching mentors to mentees.  The aim is to support women to achieve their full potential at work.

People 1st Pilot

• Strand 1 – 45 women to develop, design and deliver bespoke Chef training for women which addresses the skills gaps that present barriers to career progression and development.  This training will help women move from the areas that they currently work in to more skilled positions

SEMTA

• Strand 1 – 275 women. Career progression and increased earning potential as a result of undertaking a Career Development Workshop and Plan

Skills for Justice

• Strand 1 – 50 women will develop their senior management skills for their own progression and to develop their organisation
• Strand 2 – 102 women will develop skills to help their own progression and to support other women to progress
• Strand 3 – 54 women will develop skills in line management or team leading to aid progression
• Strand 4 – 306 women will complete a range of training programmed to help their own development
• Strand 5 – 38 women will develop the skills required to facilitate action learning sets

Skillset

• Strand 1 – 120 Allowing females in production, warehouse and servicing roles to progress within their organisation. Career progression and earning potential
• Strand 2 – 125 Designers, we will address market failure to provide short courses in technical skills to exploit market opportunities for women
• Strand 3 – 225 women drawn from supervisory, technical and managerial backgrounds to develop as leaders, decision makers and entrepreneurs

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