Equality Impact Assessment
28 February 2011
Report Summary
Skills Development Scotland delivers a range of national training programmes, working with private learning providers and colleges across the country to ensure that everyone in Scotland has the opportunity to develop their career.
- Modern Apprenticeships give people in
employment the opportunity to work towards an industry
recognised accreditation.
- Get Ready for Work arranges skills training and work placements
for people aged 16 to 19 who are finding it difficult to access
training, learning and employment.
- Training for Work provides vocational training support to
people aged 18 or over who have been continuously unemployed for at
least 13 weeks and are actively looking for work.
- Skillseekers, the vocational training programme for young
people aged 16 to 19 has now been phased out. This ran until
March 2011. Although there are no new starts, there is a small
number of individuals still to achieve their qualification.