Generic Skills Survey 2003

Occupational Analysis

Generic Skills Survey 2003

Occupational Analysis

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

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