The scheme is open to any small or medium sized company which directly employs people in engineering occupations. Its aim is to help companies grow and become more productive through investing in the skills of its current and future engineers.
Government will contribute 50% of eligible costs to firms who have projects to provide extra training to employees to support:
- Career Progression enabling those currently in engineering occupations to move forward in their careers
- Conversion Training allowing people to transfer from other occupations into engineering to fill skills gaps and to increase your stock of engineers
Training activity could focus on:
- Career progression training for associate professionals, technicians and skilled operatives to adapt to changing technologies or new business processes
- Employers re-skilling, or recruiting people with allied qualifications or skills to enter into, or return to, engineering
- Supporting mid-career returners to come back to, or into engineering occupations
- Pathways into Technician or engineering professions
The Fund is open until 12.00pm on Friday 27 February 2015.
More information on registration and guidance on making an application can be found through the Gov.uk website at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-ownership-improving-engineering-careers-smaller-companies
Any queries can be addressed to [email protected]
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