About us
National Skills Academy for Process Industries
“Through the Skills Academy we aim to develop a sound training infrastructure and strong relations between employers, employees, training and educational bodies to create the globally competitive workforce the UK wants and needs.”
- Philip Jones, Chief Executive,
National Skills Academy Process Industries
The National Skills Academy Process Industries is an employer-led centre of excellence launched to address skills and training needs throughout the chemical, polymer, pharmaceutical manufacturing sectors.
The Skills Academy aims to create a highly skilled workforce capable of competing on a global stage as well as promoting the Process Industries as a progressive and exciting career choice. Its main aim is to encourage employers to engage in frontline staff training so that their current workforce can achieve accredited qualifications to an industry-wide Gold Standard.
The Skills Academy works alongside training providers and educational bodies to ensure that more people enter the industry equipped with the skills the industry needs.
The Skills Academy has extensive commitment from Process Industries employers to support its inception and its aims—through this involvement, companies can play a key role in helping create the high performing workforce of tomorrow.
Working relationship between Cogent and The Academy
The National Skills Academy has an active role working with employers to meet their individual needs. Cogent will engage with employers as a reference point for the Industry viewpoint.
Cogent
Key roles
- Works with Government to influence policy
- Works with stakeholders to secure funding for strategic plans
- Employer Engagement to ensure Cogent is the voice of Industry on Skills
- Custodians of NOS/MA and Apprenticeship Frameworks
- Specify qualification content
- Approve vocational qualifications for funding (in England)
- Conducts Research and produces LMI
- Propose new modules and qualifications for inclusion on national credit frameworks (SCQF, QCF, CQFW)
Labour market information
Employer skills needs data
National Skills Academy Process Industries
Key roles
- Works with regional/DA government to facilitate development and roll-out of NSA spokes
- Employer Engagement with individual employers to address their skills needs
- Deliver/deploy qualifications and products to employers
- Work with and approve providers
- Provides data on employer skills needs to Eds & Quals team and to contribute to the Cogent research base
- Articulate employer demand for new qualifications and updating of existing qualifications and frameworks
