The Employment and Skills Board (ESB) was established in 2011 and is a formally constituted sub-group of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership Board. It is responsible for driving the Employment and Skills Strategy and to provide strategic leadership that synchronises supply and demand for employment and skills, resulting in transformational change for current and future generations.
In March 2021, the ESB published its Local Skills Report and Labour Market Analysis, setting the strategy for 2021 – 2030 for the region.
You can read the strategy here. To see how the strategy has made a difference in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly read our CIOS Employment and Skills Directory.
Digital Skills: CIoS LEP along with the CIoS Digital Skills Partnership undertook a deep dive study, which identified and analysed the current scale of the digital and tech economy in Cornwall, where there are skills gaps, and investment and skills provision requirements to support the growth of the region’s economy.
You can read the report here.
Green Skills: CIoS LEP undertook a deep dive study, which analysed the current scale of the green jobs economy, identify where there are skills gaps and where investment and skills provision is needed to support the growth of the region’s green economy
You can read the report here.
Cornwall Space Skills Opportunities Report: The Cornwall Space Cluster is a growing regional hub of the UK space sector. To continue to grow, it must make sure that it is not constrained by a lack of access to talent. Space Skills Alliance was commissioned to produce a report which provides a brief assessment of the region’s skills needs, and sets out a range of opportunities to expand and develop the local talent pool by making the space sector more attractive to local people, and making Cornwall’s space sector more attractive to space professionals in other parts of the country.
You can read the report here.
Skills, capabilities and training needs in the space sector: The Data & Space Steering Group, convened by Aerospace Cornwall, is looking to assess the skills, capabilities and training needs in the space sector in Cornwall. In order to do that effectively, it needs to understand the current training provision across Cornwall and the wider South West, related to space, aerospace, and data in HE and FE, and in conversion and re-skilling courses for those wanting to change careers into the sector.
You can read the report here.
Labour Market Information Guides
Labour Market Information (LMI) is key to understanding the employment and jobs landscape in your local area.
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) commissioned the development of ten LMI Sector Guides drawing together data for Cornwall’s biggest sectors.
This information can be used to help young people make decisions about their future in Cornwall, help businesses to understand the future of their sector and to help individuals know which upskilling qualifications will be most important for their future and developing careers.
South West Net Zero Hub Retrofit Skills Report
This report focuses on the skills needed to meet the region’s net zero objectives in the retrofit and low carbon heating sectors. Emerging from the analysis is a skills gap assessment, informed by a range of qualitative research including interviews and surveys leading to a set of tangible recommendations to enable a successful transformation of the South West’s heating and housing sectors. View the full report here.
Employment and Skills programmes
As a business you may be asked to get involved with different schemes to help develop the skills within your workforce. We have created CIOS Education Landscape Index 2022 to outline the full list of skills training opportunities and included contact information for each of them. This will help you understand the different schemes you might be asked to get involved with or inform you about something new so you can take the first step to upskilling your team.
