Not having the right tools to do a job makes success that much harder.

Making sure that employees have the rights skills and training for their jobs leads to greater efficiency and a more cost-effective use of business resources.

Training Needs Analysis

St Helens Chamber Workforce Development Team can provide a company-wide analysis of a business to identify its training needs and skills gaps among both employees and management.

The team works with the business to provide appropriate training for staff to fill those gaps, including the development of individual training and development plans for the company and for employees.

With a thorough training needs analysis, the competitiveness of the business can be enhanced by raising the skills of the managers and the workforce.

Improved skills lead to increased productivity, enhanced competitiveness and greater business success.

Apprenticeships

Finding and developing the right young people with relevant skills and experience for your business can be costly and time consuming.

Through the Apprenticeship programme, St Helens Chamber can help you recruit and develop the right staff. Modern Apprenticeships are one of the key elements of the government’s
plans to raise the skills of the nation. We currently have 400 young people registered on the programme, learning new skills to better equip them for the future.

We can help your business by providing:

• FREE advertising of your vacancies
• help with developing your existing young employees
• financial assistance with training programmes
• guidance on sourcing appropriate training
• on-going support for employees throughout the training programme

To find out more about how our skills development services can
help your business to grow, contact Workforce Development on 01744 742000

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