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Local Skills Improvement Plan 2023-2026 (three-year LSIP) · set by West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce

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Priority sectors
20
Occupations in demand
38
Skills named
7
Funding streams

Employer-led Local Skills Improvement Plan for West Yorkshire, facilitated by West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce (the ERB) with Mid-Yorkshire Chamber, approved by the Secretary of State. It defines nine key priority sectors (Health and Social Care, Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing, Financial and Professional Services, Low Carbon, Digital and Technology, Creative Industries, Education, Construction, Transport and Logistics) plus five cross-cutting themes (net zero/sustainability, transferable skills, EDI, leadership and management, digitisation and automation).

What employers here asked for

  • Health and Social Care
  • Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
  • Financial and Professional Services
  • Low Carbon
  • Digital and Technology
  • Creative Industries
  • Education
  • Construction
  • Transport and Logistics

Occupations in demand

A sample: 16 of the 20 occupations the plan names.

  1. 01Care workers, home carers, nursing auxiliaries
  2. 02Registered nurses, midwives and health visitors; allied health professionals and managers
  3. 03Production operatives, maintenance engineers, vehicle technicians
  4. 04Metal fabricators, electrical engineers, CNC machinists
  5. 05Bookkeeper/accounting clerk, lawyer, office administrative assistant
  6. 06Environmental engineers, recycling workers, environmental consultants, environmental H&S managers, solar PV installers
  7. 07Project manager and civil engineer
  8. 08Programmers and software developers, IT business analysts, IT user support technicians, data analysts, cloud/data architects, data engineers
  9. 09Software developers, programmers, cloud and data science roles, research and data analysts, digital marketing (level 3 and 4)
  10. 10Production, craft and technical grades (VFX, games and animation)
  11. 11Copywriters, creative design roles, production management roles, editor, accountants, line producers, first assistant directors, series producers, storyboard artists, animators and general coders
  12. 12Early years staff (nursery nurses and assistants)
  13. 13FE tutors across technical subjects and STEM areas
  14. 14Teaching assistants
  15. 15Qualified teachers/tutors, particularly STEM (construction, engineering, manufacturing)
  16. 16Civil engineers, quantity surveyors, electricians and electrical fitters, scaffolders, dry liners, fencing, paving, plasterers

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Skills named in the plan

A sample: 12 of the 38 skills the plan names, grouped by kind.

Digital

  • IT and digital
  • Foundation and essential workplace digital skills
  • Digital skills
  • Digital and data analytic and insight skills

Technical

  • Technical, practical or occupation specific
  • Sales and marketing
  • Financial management
  • Low carbon and net zero transition skills
  • Skills to support patients with mental health concerns
  • Robotics, computer aided manufacturing, engineering and manufacturing technologies, CNC, turning and milling
  • Hand based skills
  • Mechanical, electrical, electronic, chemical and software engineering