Guilds
Guilds have been established across 8 key skills sectors. They are made up from training providers, colleges, HE’s, schools, employers, LA’s and industry experts.
The purpose of this Guild is to meet the needs of the industry by working in partnership. Each Guild has the same terms of reference to raise the profile of the sector and promote it as a progressive employment pathway, whilst meeting the skills needs of the economy.
Below is a table which shows the Guilds and the Skills and Employability Service Officers assigned to each of the Guilds:
Current Guilds / Skills and Employability Service Officer (assigned to the Guild)Guild co-coordinator / David Knox
03000 416359
07824 305740
Construction and the Built Environment / Alicia Moyles
03000 421942
07841 315758
Creative and Media / David Knox
03000 416359
07824 305740
Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing, Environmental Technologies and Energy / Guy Robinson
03000 419218
07834 417686
Healthcare / Chris Homewood
03000 416261
07872 680920
Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism and Transport / Owen Bartholomew
03000 415821
Land Based / Karen Laponder/ Gemma Clarke
03000 416371
07540673496
Sciences / Rajmund Brent
03000 410099
07717507160
Financial Services / Sean Carter
03000 417044
07725 785386
Each of the guilds has four main priorities:
•Apprenticeships
–To provide advice and guidance to improve the recruitment of apprenticeships
•Workforce Development
–Identify skills and training opportunities to meet future skills needs
•Education, Employment and Skills
–Promote a positive image of the sectors and develop sustainable recruitment routes
•Overarching and Co-ordination of Activities
–Share good practice ,knowledge and experience across all the Guilds
Why engage with the Guilds?
The benefit to schools in engaging with the Guilds is it provides the chance to work withemployers so that the future workforce will have the appropriate skills set to meet the needs of their business.
The guilds provide a platform by which you can raise the awareness of young people to the apprenticeship offer. Shifting the perceptions of young people is a key thread running through many of the guilds’ action plans. Many guilds are working towards the establishment of careers fairs.
Being involved with the guilds means you will be able to device new strategies that can support that labour market, such as a Charter Mark for the Guilds and an employability passport.
For the young person, having businesses engage in the provision of skills is most advantageous. Without the correct information, advice and guidance, a young person can enrol on an educational course which is unlikely to result in a job at its completion, because there is no demand within the employment market. By Schools engaging with the Guilds, they can support the collection of information about the skills shortages within the market place – and the transmission of that information.
Secondly, the young person can benefit by being exposed to the apprenticeship opportunities that may exist within the business or the wider sector – expanding the choices available to them.