Tuesday 09 November 2004
Engineering Technician Initiative Developing
Following on from the conference on Engineering Technicians,
which was opened by Lord Sainsbury, ECUK, etb and EMSSF have agreed
a number of actions to take matters forward:
- project to encourage more FE teaching staff to gain
registration as engineers or technicians
- series of workshops to explain the advantages to employers of
encouraging their workforce to register
- survey of promotional activities by Institutions and others
covering Engineering Technicians
- further development of links with and from the EngTech
website
- survey of registered Engineering Technicians to seek more
information on the sort of services and support they need and
value
- survey of non-registered Technicians
- review of Sector Skills Council projections of demand for
Engineering Technicians