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Swansea Safety Group Awards 2011
Above: Health & Safety Officer, Laurence McKee receives on behalf of Jobforce Wales the award for Oustanding Safety Performance and Excellence in Occupational Health and Wellbeing Provision
WORK OPTIONS
Confused about what job best suits you?
Long term unemployed and don’t know what direction to take your career?
Then call into The Lighthouse where one of our friendly Liaison Officers can help you make the right choice. Have a go at our Work Options which gives unique career matching based on your interests, skills and occupational level. With a detailed report to take with you that includes the best jobs that suits you and advice on any training needed to get you the job.
The Work Options just takes 45 minutes and is suitable for Adults of any age and abilities and could be your next step to a promising future.
The Lighthouse is Wales’ first One Stop shop for people who are unemployed in the Llanelli area.
It will provide easy access to all the services that help get people into work and anyone will be able to walk in off the street to discuss their needs with a liaison officer that will introduce them to the relevant service within the building and if necessary be referred to other support agencies.
TRANSFORMING LEARNING IN WALES
Skills Academy Wales/Academi Sgiliau Cymru
The learning experience for many people in Wales will be transformed as a result of an innovative venture between providers of work-based learning. Ten providers have formed a collaborative partnership called Skills Academy Wales, which will provide a strong network capable of delivering high-quality learning expected by employers, individuals and communities as part of a multi million pound contract.
Neath Port Talbot College, which will lead the partnership, has formed the new work-based learning partnership with Learn-Kit Limited, Jobforce Wales, Llanelli Rural Council (LRCT), ACO Training Limited, Swansea Itec Limited and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Mark Dacey, Principal of the College said: “This partnership will set the mould for the delivery of work based learning for the future.“It brings together a diverse range of outstanding and like-minded providers who are not only ready to respond to the challenges made by the Welsh Assembly Government, but are ready to lead on these challenges by widening the options available for all learners and reducing the costly duplication of provision. We will build on the outstanding quality profile of each of the individual organisations by moving to excellence across Skills Academy Wales.”
Skills Academy Wales brings together a combined experience of more than 175 years of training learners of all ages. It will provide unrivalled opportunities for anyone who wants to learn, whether they are unemployed, or a budding apprentice trying to decide which route to follow, or a multi-million pound global business that requires a full ‘training needs analysis’.
It will also provide the widest range of vocational choice available in Wales, whatever the type of training is required.
Rosemary Grimshaw, Managing Director of Learn-Kit Ltd said: “We are delighted to be part of this innovative and pro-active partnership, which leads the way in the transformation of learning in Wales. Skills Academy Wales is about collaboration in the pursuit of excellence and each partner organisation brings individual strengths to the partnership whilst sharing the common commitment for quality in learning.”
All Partners support the comments adding: “As specialist providers, we are looking forward to working together to broaden the range of learning opportunities for our learners and the businesses we work with. It will enable us to meet the challenges of the future as well as sustaining continuity for our clients.”
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