Skills

Our world is changing. We all need more skills than ever before.

Thousands of employers, of all sizes, admit that their staff don’t have the right skills needed for the future.

The Economic Development team are working with other organisations and the business community to raise the profile of the importance in training your staff.

Train to Gain

Help is available for your business through the Train to Gain programme. This is being delivered locally by Sussex Downs College - Employer Training and a local Skills Broker direct from the programme.

A Skills Broker will work with you to design a programme and find the right training provider to deliver the training needed.

Skills Brokers can also bring in other advisers from the Business Link service to help on business development issues unrelated to skills and training, such as import and export advice.

For those employees who do not already have a full Level 2 qualification, the Government will provide funding to help them gain basic literacy and numeracy skills as well as their first full Level 2 qualification.

Call a Skills Broker from the college on 0845 2302 007 or someone direct from the programme on 0800 015 55 45 to access this service.