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Skillset publishes Sector Skills Agreement

Skillset has published its Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) for the film, TV and interactive media industries in England.

According to Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the audio visual industries, the agreement sets out collaborative solutions to skills issues facing each of the sectors and was developed in partnership with employers, unions, trade organisations, colleges and universities, funding bodies, and qualifications authorities.

Skillset, one of the first four Sector Skills Councils chosen to pilot the new Sector Skills Agreements, has produced three sector agreements and nine regional strategies.

Clive Jones, Chief Executive ITV News, and Skillset Chair, said: "For too long the gap between the skills needs of the industry and the skills provision available has been too wide.

"The industry, Government, its public agencies and training and education providers have been in the untenable position of always having to play catch up with the fast pace of progression which characterizes our sectors.

"Skillset has worked tirelessly to facilitate this Sector Skills Agreement and enable us to stay ahead of the curve. The result is a comprehensive plan of action which addresses the real problems and will deliver cohesive and tailored solutions and ensures that the skills development the industry needs is the skills development it will get.

"This represents our very best chance to carve out a productive, successful, rewarding and beneficial future for our industry."

Dinah Caine OBE, Chief Executive of Skillset, said: "Through this Sector Skills Agreement the film, TV and interactive media industries have taken great steps in committing themselves to a manifesto of collaborative solutions, matched not just by rhetoric but by real commitment and resource.

"Our SSA is a strategic action plan which is truly demand-driven which provides us with the mechanism for film, television and interactive media to deliver tailored solutions together and in partnership with Government and strategic partners such as QCA, LSC, HEFCE, Learn Direct, the RDAs, RSPs and key providers.

"However, the publication of this Sector Skills Agreement is not the end of the journey. It is an important milestone, but the real work now needs to take place to actually deliver on the promise."

The SSA proposes ways to tackle skills development issues the industries have identified. These relate to school based provision for 14-19 year olds; teacher support; careers information, advice and guidance; entry routes into the industry including apprenticeships; vocational training; qualifications; further and higher education provision; work based learning; and continual professional development.

External link

For more information on individual agreements for film, TV and interactive media visit www.skillset.org/strategy

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