New skills grants for companies that employ engineers

15 October 2014

Engineering Skills Grants for Employers

The Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills currently has two new grant schemes for employers, which provide a 50% cash match for improving the skills of their workforce. These are:

£10 million to improve engineering careers
£10 million to develop women engineers

These funds will remain open for applications until 5^th December and can provide a 50% contribution for the following:

Training programmes to bring people with STEM skills into engineering
Re-skilling programmes to keep engineers in the profession
Raising skill levels through the workforce from operator through to technician & towards professional status – including getting more employees to registered technician;

For female employees and career returners, there is also the opportunity to include:

“Returner training” to enable women to return to engineering after a career break or work outside engineering profession
Pre-apprenticeship programmes to help women into apprenticeships
Mentoring and support to help them progress their career
Tailored training to meet specific personal and career needs
Management and leadership skills

Find out more about how Employee Ownership is supporting engineering skills:

Developing engineering careers https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-ownership-improving-engineering-careers

Developing women engineers https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-ownership-developing-women-engineers

For more information contact the employer ownership team, email employerownershipenquiries@bis.gsi.gov.uk