Local Skills Improvement Plan for Yorkshire and North Yorkshire

2. 20 July 2023 Community First Yorkshire LSIP introduction Welcome, Introductions, Overview

3. Local Skills Improvement Plan

4. Local Skills Improvement Plan • Putting businesses at the centre of skills planning in a local area. • DfE set this out in Skills and Post-16 Education Act. • Build on work already in progress – there is a lot already happening in York and North Yorkshire. • It aims to have the long-term result of creating an appropriately skilled, engaged and well-rewarded workers for a thriving local economy.

5. What will the LSIPs look like? • Set out the key priorities and changes needed in a local area to make post-16 education more closely aligned to local labour market needs. Not an anthology of all the skills gaps, but an employer feedback lead prioritisation of most pressing issues. Will not cover entirety of provision but focus on key changes and priorities needed. Built on existing skills strategies and data. Won’t include people furthest from the labour market. • • • •

6. Progress since February 2023 • Provider engagement events • Steering Pool consultation 28 March – leading to 7 steering groups covering priorities sectors, business and people skills. • Promotion & discussion of LSIP at range of meetings e.g. York Skills & Employment Board, SDF Board & Operational Group, NYC Skills Workshop • Business engagement via surveys (short and in-depth), 1:2:1 discussions, network event and business forums • Analysis of feedback from provider and employer events, round tables and 1:2:1 meetings. • Analysis of business feedback from survey. • Further data gathering regarding the current skills market, where are the issues, what are the likely areas for focus. • Data dashboard launched

7. Timeline & deadlines • November – December 2023 set up of project • Jan - April 2023 – initial consultations with providers and businesses. • 31 March – communicate draft sectors/themes to providers for FE Accountability statements. • 31 May – LSIP submitted (for both West and North Yorkshire) • 16 - 23 June – updates requested and submitted to DfE • 1stJune onward – Phase 2 development and delivery. • LSIP sign off by the Secretary of State for Education is anticipated. Publication and sharing will follow • July 2024 – first annual review.

8. Information collation for LSIP Skills in York and North Yorkshire

9. Our focus Future Businesses People skills

10. Priority sectors  Digital and technology  Agri-skills  Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing (including Rail)  Construction  Health & Social Care Future skills  Visitor Economy

11. Themes • Low carbon • Innovation • Green skills • Emerging Technology • Rurality Cross- cutting

12. Priorities Leadership & Management • Increase work placements, grad jobs, engagement with providers • Ageing demographic – keeping talent in work for longer •  Small & Micro business needs  High Growth industries (York & North Yorkshire LEP) Businesses  Mode of provision e.g. bite-size, progression, modular courses, smartphone  Apprenticeships & T Levels  Entrepreneurship (focus on women and disadvantaged groups)

13. Priorities  Keeping talent in the workforce – over 50s  Women & Under Represented Groups  Career Advice & Coaching – all age  People with disadvantages to accessing labour market or progression  Skills for jobs in highest demand  Transferable skills, upskilling and reskilling  CPD in colleges/ITPs to keep pace with changes in business  Challenge of recruiting tutors in priority sectors People

14. Health & Social Care The sector in York & North Yorkshire Example issues • • • • • • One of the largest sectors in YNY (16% of workforce) Growth in Caring occupations at intermediate level. – 16,000 net growth in jobs. Releasing staff for training Decline in students of nursing/physio/radiography Zero hour contracts in social care Staff turnover in NHS at 13.7% & 23.8% in social care sector Jobs in demand Skill Shortage Jobs Care workers, home carers, nurses and nursing auxiliaries Care giver/Personal care aide & RGN, Early Years Professionals Registered nurses, midwives & health visitors; & allied health professionals including early years. Skill supply & solutions Gaps & Needs • • • • Wide range of courses across all levels & plans for more accessible provision & pathways Apprenticeships across nearly all FE colleges & many ILPs Initiatives and careers guidance available to encourage people into jobs https://hnycareershub.co.uk/resources Persistent skills gaps – size & increasing service demand Digital skills Management & leadership across the sector Skills to support patients with mental health concerns

15. Agri-skills The sector in York & North Yorkshire Example issues  • Traditional businesses can be hard to engage in training especially in technological areas Ageing demographic of workforce with too few young people entering the industry Digital skills becoming more important as technology is applied to land based industry Brexit resulted in seasonal and migrant labour to dry up creating challenges for food production Agriculture accounts for 17% of businesses (4 times higher than other areas) Predominance of small and micro businesses Ageing workforce (average age 58) 5% of total jobs in Y&NY Male dominated in traditional farming businesses and often family owned through generations. Growth in allied sectors and green agenda. •     • • Jobs in demand Skill Shortage Jobs Agricultural sales, Operations Manager, Pest/Disease Control, Agronomist, Agricultural Finance, Food Manufacture Operatives, Meat & Poultry Processing Operatives, Crop Picking and Harvesting, Meat Production and Processing, Butchery, Food Processing Operatives, Skill supply & solutions Gaps & Needs • • Strength in world-class assets with progressive partnerships in agriculture eg BioYorkshire which aims to create green jobs by 4000 in Yorkshire FERA and Biorenewables Development Centre, land-based provision Askham Bryan College and Bishop Burton College Apprenticeship provision is strong and well-established in traditional farm settings L4 and L5 provision delivered by ABC and being developed Data analysis and digital skills Govt temporary VISA scheme to alleviate skills shortages in poultry and pig industry have mixed review Increased wages needed in food manufacturing and processing to attract workers but this can create unnecessary churn Net inflow of workers in Hambleton to food production sites at Leeming Bar • •

16. Green skills What do we mean by green skills and what is the impact in this area? 1) new and emerging green occupations – wind turbines. 2) green enhanced skills and knowledge occupations – electric vehicle technology, heating engineers. 3) green increased demand occupations as economy is decarbonized – electric power line installers. Most demand is in 2 and 3, only a tiny minority in pure ‘green’ jobs.

17. Digital and Technology The sector in York & North Yorkshire Example issues Area of very strong employment growth and of recent recruitment demand Key area for skill shortage vacancies Forecasts suggest strong demand in future Digital jobs not strongly represented outside Harrogate and York Reasonable level of apprenticeship provision is available but adult skills provision is low (which may reflect focus of latter on <Level 2 qualifications) Definition of sector - Basic digital skills vs specialist digital & technology skills? E.g. where does digital health fit? Take up of digital skills provision. No digital skills partnership in YNY and therefore may be lack of cohesion across skills provision Digital skills needed across all sectors and in areas not usually linked eg agriculture Much of recruitment demand is at Level 4+ but apprenticeships mainly focused at Advanced Level (Level 3) Jobs in demand Skill Shortage Jobs Programmers & software developers, IT Business analysts, IT user support technicians, data analysts, Cloud/Data architects, data engineers Software Developers, Programmers, Cloud & Data Science roles, Research & Data Analysts. Digital Marketing Apps (Level 3 & 4) Skill supply (incl) Gaps & Needs • ICT forms very small proportions of apprenticeship provision Skills boot camps. Lack of understanding about what digital skills are needed can lead to lack of take up Degree App and Data Scientist offered YSJ Skills in short supply include Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, software development, cyber security, data specialists Provision mapping would be useful to ensure progression •

18. ICT Technician and Digital marketer apprenticeships have highest level of take-up Figure: Top digital apprenticeships by starts during 2021/22, York and North Yorkshire 245 ICT practitioner apprenticeships in total 64% at Advanced level, remainder at Higher level Higher apprenticeships flagged in yellow; remainder at advanced level • Information Communications Technician • Digital Marketer • Data Analyst Digital and Technology Solutions Professional (integrated degree) Data Technician IT Technical Salesperson Digital and Technology Solutions Specialist (integrated degree) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Source: Department for Education Source: Lightcast

19. Construction The sector in York & North Yorkshire Example issues  • • • • Time and funds to train Retention of employees is a barrier to training Short-term planning Capacity to deliver – unprecedented demand for provision, but lack of tutors Annual Recruitment Requirement 5,360 and top 4 jobs are senior execs, process and project managers 17,800 workers needed in Y&H 2023-27 5% of total jobs in Y&NY Dominated by sub-contracting arrangements & self-employment impacting recruitment & upskilling.    Jobs in demand Skill Shortage Jobs Project Managers, civil engineers, quantity surveyors, electricians & electrical fitters, scaffolders, dryliners, fencing, paving. All trades especially, electricians & electrical fitters Skill supply Gaps & Needs • • • Range of courses across all levels in colleges - York College, Scarborough TEC, Construction Skills Village, Darlington College, Selby College, Craven, Harrogate. ILP provision. Lack of provision in rural districts 59% reporting skills gaps, 8% with hard to fill vacancies Need to upskill as well as be able to recruit staff. Updating apprenticeship standards to reflect sustainability requirements and skills.

20. Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing & Rail The sector in York & North Yorkshire Example issues • • 38,000 jobs in sector – 10% of workforce High value jobs with good prospects for longevity in the industry Food manufacturing, rail and transport are strongest sub- sectors in the area Ageing workforce & businesses have limited/no succession planning. Replacement demand. Automation. Increasing demand for higher skilled occupations. Underrepresentation of women in the workforce • Jobs in demand Skill Shortage Jobs Production Operatives, Maintenance engineers, vehicle technicians. Rail engineering – signalling and electrification. Mechanical Engineering, CNC/CAM (Computer Numerical Control and Computer Aided Manufacture), Electrical Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing / Production Engineering (inc robotics / PLCs), Maintenance Engineering, Engineering Design (inc CAD/E Computer-Aided Design/Engineering) Skill supply Gaps & Needs Courses across all levels, new investment in emerging technology in recent years via YHIoT and SDF (eg Electric vehicle, Heat Recovery Technology) Strong Apprenticeship provision Leadership & Management High percentage of hard to fill vacancies Underrepresentation of women in workforce

21. Apprenticeships & T Levels Private providers contributed most apprenticeship starts in the LEP area, accounting for 59% of the total in 2021/22 FE colleges delivered 73% of Construction starts and 50% of Engineering and Manufacturing starts in 2019/20. Five subjects dominate: Business Admin, Health & Care, Engineering/manufacturing, Retail and Construction Apprenticeship starts increased by 11% in the 2021/22 academic year, with Advanced apprenticeships, 19-24 apprenticeships and the subjects of Construction and Engineering / manufacturing seeing the strongest growth Intermediate apprenticeships starts remained almost static in 2021/22 but Advanced Apprenticeships grew by 18% and Higher Apprenticeships by 10%.

22. Business Engagement • Engaged with 749 employers • leading to survey completions, • event attendance, round tables • and 1-1 conversations • 15 events attended • 19 newsletter features

23. Business Engagement • General trends so far: • 71% can access training and development locally • 94% engaged with a provider in last 3 years • 61% engaged in last 6 months • 48% very positive or positive experience working with provider • 54% very positive or positive about the quality of education • 70% are planning to start an apprenticeship (new or existing staff) in the next 12 months

24. Business Engagement • Relationship based rather than transactional • 92% of business prepared to participate in training and course content • 72% businesses have not been asked to contribute • Leadership and Management • Green skills theme • Digital skills • Innovation