Services for employers

Skills Development Scotland services can help you build a strong and competitive workforce through learning and development.

As Scotland's leading skills body, Skills Development Scotland is equipped to provide you with skills, training and funding advice. Learning and development are essential to productivity and competitiveness, and Skills Development Scotland can help to direct your people development efforts so that you gain more from your investment.

Begin improving your business performance, boosting your productivity and increasing your competitiveness today.

Improve business performance by developing your people

Skills Development Scotland services for employers include access to a range of workbooks on improving business performance through staff development.
Engage in industry recognised training

Through Modern Apprenticeships and Skillseekers training, your people can achieve industry recognised qualifications.
Encourage employees to develop new skills

Find out how the new Flexible Training Opportunities programme can help you pay for employee training.
Source the right training for your business

With your staff training needs identified, it's time to search the national learning opportunities database for details of the training that best fit your objectives.

Attract new talent

Enhance your workforce and boost productivity by recruiting skilled Get Ready for Work and Training for Work participants eager to develop a career.
Boost core skills

Watch business performance improve as you boost basic literacy and numeracy skills amongst your workforce with the help of The Big Plus.
Facing redundancy issues?

Managing change within the workplace can be challenging. Let PACE - one of the Skills Development Scotland services for employers - offer support and advice.
Other resources

Find latest information on the Scottish Government initiative ScotAction and details on The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils.