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Introduction Future Skills Wales 2003 Occupational Analysis
has been generated from evidence gained from the 2003 Employer Survey
Focus on Generic Skills transferable across occupations
Purpose: to assist in developing policy and planning the provision of service delivery.
Information on attitudes and perceptions will help agencies to remove barriers to training.
Overview Employers anticipate skill requirements will rise
in future
Employers agree which skills are most important across occupations.
IT – The biggest increase in skills requirements over the next three years.
Welsh language skills – employers expect their requirements to rise.
Biggest focus on skills required for the growth expected in Service occupations.
Occupational Structure Wales has relatively more employment in lower-
level occupations
Associated with declining industries
Wales has lower share of many management and professional occupations
Since 1998 the occupational mix in Wales and the UK has changed – movement towards professional, sales, administrative and care occupations
Occupational Structure Since 1998 the Occupational Mix in Wales has
changed:
Strongest Employment Growth has been in: Textiles, printing & other skilled trades
Caring and personal services
Science & Technology associate professionals
Sales
Culture, Media & Sports
Health & Social welfare associate professionals
Business & Public Service associate professionals
Occupational Structure Looking Forward : 2003-2008
Occupational Growth – The Next 5 Years: Health Professionals
Secretarial & Related
Caring & Personal Service
Health & Social Welfare associate professionals
Culture, Media & Sport
Leisure & Personal Service
Sales
Business & Public Service associate professionals
Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future Is Wales In A Low-skills Trap?
Employers’ Attitudes to Skills
Greater attention needs to be paid to encourage demand for skills.
Respondents aware of the importance of skills, but few agree investment in skills brings business benefits
Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future Hard to Fill Vacancies
22% of employers said they had vacancies
62% said one or more vacancies were hard to
fill
Smaller firms suffer most
13% reported elementary administration &
service occupations, 11% for sales
occupations
Distribution, hotels and restaurants especially
Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future
Hard to Fill Vacancies
Variation reported from “all who have hard-to-fill vacancies”:
Manufactures seemed to find business and public
services professional posts hardest to fill – 19% with
vacancies
Banking & Finance sector have problems with
administrative occupations – 9% with vacancies
Leisure occupations problems reported
Sales occupations harder to fill in the distribution, hotel
& restaurants sectors
Employers’ Skills Needs – Current & Future All employers believed that skills requirements will be
higher in 3 years time – by far the most important are IT skills.
Most Important Skills required: Understanding Customer Needs – Primary importance
Communication Skills – Primary importance
Adaptability & Flexibility
Management Skills
Leadership / Motivational skills
Entrepreneurial skills
Welsh language skills – low down the list but has a training
implication
Skills Gaps by Occupation Skills Gaps by Occupation Gaps between the skills employees have now and those
needed to meet current business objectives
19% of firms in Wales reported skills gaps
Skills gaps more prevalent among managers
5% reported for Administrative & Secretarial
Manufacturing 11% & Construction 15% skill gap shortage
Skills Gaps by OccupationTraining
Employers Providing Off-The-Job Training – past 12 months:
54% provided it for their managers
7% provided it for plant, process & machine operatives
65% Highest provision for managers was in Public
Administration, Education & Health Sector
Occupations quite highly skilled received bulk of
training support
Lower skills base receive crumbs from the training
table