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Businesses in Stockport and throughout Greater Manchester are being invited to represent their industry and help develop new sector-specific skills bootcamps.
Bootcamps are being funded with a £7 million award from the government’s National Skills Fund and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) are hosting three sector-specific events to engage with local businesses to ensure training on offer will help close skills gaps employers currently face.
GMCA is inviting employers, sector bodies, and training providers from the construction and green industry, advanced manufacturing, and life sciences sectors to in-person engagement sessions. The event will provide a space for employers to find out more about this opportunity to develop accessible pathways into their respective industry and start to build collaborative partnerships.
The event will be held at GMCA, Tootal Buildings, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6EU on the following dates:
- Construction and green industries: Friday 27th May 10:00 – 11:30 am
- Advanced manufacturing: Tuesday 7th June 10:00 – 11:30 am
- Life Sciences: Thursday 9th June 10:00 – 11:30 am
All three sessions will follow the same agenda, with a panel speakers to be confirmed for all three sectors:
- 10:00am – 10:05am Introductions & Welcome
- 10:05am – 10:15am Skills Bootcamps: Context & Opportunity
- 10:15am – 10:25am Sector Skills Gaps & Opportunities
- 10:25am – 10:35am Employer Case Study
- 10:35am – 11:00am Panel Q&A Session
- 11:00am – 11:30am Networking & Partnership Development
Sessions are all free to attend for businesses across Greater Manchester. To register your interest to contribute to skills bootcamp programmes, book your place on the appropriate session:
A skills bootcamp programme for the digital sector in Greater Manchester has already launched to help close IT skills gaps in six key areas, hosted by Skills City.