Skills Development Scotland
Presentation by Anthony Standing, Skills Development Scotland
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Minutes:
Anthony
Standing, Skills Development Scotland, provided information to the group with a
presentation relating to the work of Skills Development Scotland. Mr Standing
provided information and statistics regarding Modern Apprenticeships in the
Argyll and Bute and MAKI areas.
Mr
Standing noted that the largest uptake of Modern Apprenticeships in the MAKI
area were in the Construction, Social Care and Food and Drink industries, with
43 of the 80 frameworks available in operation in the MAKI area. Mr Standing
noted that Modern Apprenticeships were part of a demand based service and
promotion of Modern Apprenticeships was being carried out in schools, with
employers, with parents and with pupils. Mr Standing noted that Foundation Apprenticeships
were also becoming more popular with children in the last years of secondary
education.
Mr
Standing advised that Skills Development Scotland hoped to arrange a lunchtime
event for local councillors to attend and be provided with further information
in relation to Modern Apprenticeships in order to further publicise the
benefits of them.
The
Community Planning Officer advised that MAKI appeared to be performing well
based on the statistics produced and suggested that further discussion took place
at the next meeting of the CPP Management Committee around possible ways to
build on the action.
The
Chair thanked Mr Standing for his presentation.
Decision
The
Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group agreed to
note the contents of the presentation.
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