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[July 2005]
Proskills - Skills Initiative Gears Up for Success
On 6 July 2005, Proskills (the new British Government backed skills and training organisation for the process and manufacturing industries) was recommended to receive a licence to operate from the Education and Skills Secretary, Ruth Kelly.
This decision is the culmination of a concerted effort from employers across the manufacturing sector and gives the official go-ahead to Proskills as a Sector Skills Council. As a result, personnel from supporting organisations in the Print, Coatings, Building Products, Extractives and Glass Industries (including that covering the clay products industry, the BPTC), will join Proskills on 1 August 2005.
With experienced staff drawn from industry and a board consisting of senior people from each of the industries, Proskills is firmly rooted in the practical world of the sector and is determined to achieve its aims, these being to provide the authoritative voice of employers for the sectors' training needs, to define existing skills gaps, to ascertain skills priorities and to develop standards and qualifications.
www.proskills.org.uk
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