Sectors - SSCs

Many of the actions detailed in the Skills Action Plan specifically respond to the skills and employment needs of sectors of the North East economy.  Find out more about the work of the Sector Skills Councils and their footprints by clicking on the appropriate section in the right hand panel.

Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) are independent, UK wide organisations developed by groups of influential employers in industry or business sectors of economic or strategic significance. SSCs are employer-led and actively involve trade unions, professional bodies and other stakeholders in the sector.

SSCs give responsibility to employers to provide leadership for strategic action to meet their sector's skills and business needs. In return they receive substantial public investment and greater dialogue with government departments across the UK. This will enable sector employers to have a far greater impact on policies affecting skills and productivity, and more influence with education and training partners.

  

Each SSC agrees sector priorities and targets with its employers and partners to address four key goals:

The Sector Skills Almanac for the UK (2007) is a useful source of comparative information on output, productivity and employment statistics, trends and rankings by sub-sector, and also contains some international comparisons.  It does not contain data by SSC footprint.  For more information, please click on the below report.

Click here for Tranche 2 Sector Skills Agreements Stage 3 Reports

The "Careers Prospectus" provides information about Careers Websites run by the Sector Skills Councils.  Please click on the link to view the document.