Future Skills Strategy Action Plan
| ID | Description | Provide Update | Theme 1 - Access to Real Time Labour Market Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Undertake a bi-annual survey of employers/recruiters to assess skills and labour market issues | Provide Update |
| 1.2 | Maintain up-to-date labour market profiles and an annual skills demand/ supply forecast model | Provide Update |
| 1.3 | Publish an annual skills barometer for Fingal | Provide Update |
| 1.4 | Host an annual skills summit to communicate key initiatives and build employer/learner/education provider links | Provide Update |
| 1.5 | Establish a referral system within the SSIG to gauge regular skills needs, utilising the Dublin Regional Skills Forum Skills Audit as a resource to support the identification of skills gaps | Provide Update | Theme 2 - Increasing Awareness |
| 2.1 | Deliver promotional campaigns to maximise awareness of education and training opportunities, careers support services, and routes to employment within Fingal | Provide Update |
| 2.2 | Through the ‘Xplore Your Future’ brand, deliver an annual expo targeted at school students | Provide Update |
| 2.3 | Proactively engage with schools in Fingal on education/training options and future career opportunities | Provide Update |
| 2.4 | Explore models to deliver work experience opportunities | Provide Update |
| 2.5 | Update and remodel Fingal County Council’s Skills Hub and map existing provisions based on priority sector groups | Provide Update | Theme 3 - Improving Labour Market Participation |
| 3.1 | Continue the development of interventions which address the economically inactive | Provide Update |
| 3.2 | Through the LCDC engage to design and implement a labour market participation programme which assesses barriers to participation including gender and ability barriers | Provide Update |
| 3.3 | Work with education providers and government agencies to facilitate robust qualification conversion courses for newly arrived immigrants | Provide Update |
| 3.4 | Support the improvement of basic digital literacy to enhance work readiness | Provide Update | Theme 4 - Sector Skills Support |
| 4.1 | Facilitate and expand participation of sector skills groups, acting as communication channels between employers and education providers | Provide Update |
| 4.2 | Explore the development of an assured skills programme to encompass academies, apprenticeships and traineeships for clusters with significant need | Provide Update |
| 4.3 | Launch a 'Back to Fingal' campaign targeted at disapora for sectors with significant skills needs | Provide Update |
| 4.4 | Work with anchor employers/cluster groups to develop tailored skills solutions in collaboration with education/training providers including regional bodies such as DRSF | Provide Update |
| 4.5 | Explore future collaboration and innovation opportunities in skills development between enterprises and education and training providers. | Provide Update |
| 4.6 | Support the development of further education infrastructure in Fingal, including DDLETB's College of the Future in Swords | Provide Update | Theme 5 - In-Work Progression |
| 5.1 | Develop up-skilling and re-skilling programmes including micro-credentials and micro-qualifications to:
-Promote & embed a culture of life-long learning with employers and employees; and - Address specific needs around transversal skills i.e management and leadership, compliance and regulation, to improve business processes and productivity |
Provide Update |
| 5.2 | Promote the delivery of education and training initiatives that embed digital skills, green skills and transversal skills to target future skills development | Provide Update |
| 5.3 | Provide focused support to SMEs in delivering learning and development functions through:
- The provision of tailored online courses - Piloting an SME training fund which reduces cost barriers - An awareness campaign to ensure SMEs are accessing state funded provisions; and - The identification of upskilling needs and supports to promote stadd retention |
Provide Update |