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Local Skills Improvement Plan Three years to 2025 · set by Federation of Small Businesses

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Priority sectors
27
Occupations in demand
30
Skills named
8
Funding streams

Employer-led LSIP prepared by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as designated Employer Representative Body for the Greater Lincolnshire & Rutland (GL&R) area, aligned with the Greater Lincolnshire LEP geography and its seven priority sectors plus four "game changer" sectors. Published August 2023, it drives change over the three years to 2025 and is built on consultation with ~400 employers (59 in focus groups) and 331 survey respondents.

What employers here asked for

  • Work Readiness and Essential Skills
  • Digitisation and Smarter Working (Digital and IT skills)
  • Construction
  • Engineering (and Engineering Construction)
  • Decarbonisation and Green Skills
  • Leadership & Management
  • Agriculture / Agri-food
  • Food processing / Food manufacturing
  • Ports and Logistics
  • Energy / Low carbon and renewable energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Defence and security
  • Visitor economy
  • Health and care

Occupations in demand

A sample: 16 of the 27 occupations the plan names.

  1. 01Programmers and software development professionals
  2. 02IT Specialist Managers
  3. 03IT User Support Technicians
  4. 04Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals
  5. 05Information Technology and Telecommunications Directors
  6. 06IT Operations Technicians
  7. 07IT Business Analysts, Architects and Systems Designers
  8. 08IT Project and Programme Managers
  9. 09Telecommunications Engineers
  10. 10IT Engineers
  11. 11Electricians
  12. 12Fork-lift truck drivers
  13. 13Carpenters and joiners
  14. 14Construction Operatives
  15. 15Plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers
  16. 16Metal working machine operatives

Jobs advertised right now

Skills named in the plan

A sample: 12 of the 30 skills the plan names, grouped by kind.

Digital

  • Digital literacy / Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and email
  • Data analysis and AI for strategic decisioning
  • Digital and social media marketing
  • Database / CRM systems (Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce)

Technical

  • Specialist digital: coding, cloud, cyber security, development, robotics, systemisation
  • Programming languages and web technologies (JavaScript, SQL, CSS, C#, HTML, PHP), Agile Methodology, API, Software Development, Computer Science
  • Welding (MIG welding, pipe welding, general welding)
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Maintenance Engineering
  • AutoCAD / Computer Aided Design (CAD)
  • Hydraulics