North West food and drink sector training to get a revamp
Improve, the food and drink sector skills council, has this week announced that government funding has been secured for a new training programme aimed at getting school leavers into food jobs.
Called the Food and Drink Sector Routeway Training Programme, the new scheme will be funded by the government-run Young Person's Guarantee, and run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP already offers training and job opportunities to out-of-work young people aged 18 to 24.
As part of the new programme, Improve has issued an invitation to local employers in the North West to join a steering group. As well as helping to develop the programme, participating employers will help to ensure that training for young people is continually relevant to the needs of the fast-changing food and drink industry.
The director of skills solutions at Improve, Justine Fosh, commented on the new programme, saying:
Called the Food and Drink Sector Routeway Training Programme, the new scheme will be funded by the government-run Young Person's Guarantee, and run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP already offers training and job opportunities to out-of-work young people aged 18 to 24.
As part of the new programme, Improve has issued an invitation to local employers in the North West to join a steering group. As well as helping to develop the programme, participating employers will help to ensure that training for young people is continually relevant to the needs of the fast-changing food and drink industry.
The director of skills solutions at Improve, Justine Fosh, commented on the new programme, saying:
"Food and drink is one industry where there are still plenty of employment opportunities, especially for young people. The industry needs more young people coming into it because its workforce is ageing and we are anticipating a high demand for new recruits to replace those who retire or otherwise leave the industry over the coming years - something in the region 15,000 job places in the North West alone by 2017."
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