Skills Development Scotland
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    What we do

    Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is Scotland’s national skills body. We contribute to Scotland’s sustainable economic growth by supporting people and businesses to develop and apply their skills. We work with our partners to provide services that deliver the very best outcomes for Scotland’s people, businesses and the economy.

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    Apprenticeships

    Skills Development Scotland (SDS) works proactively with companies across the country to support employers to make the most of apprenticeships.

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    • Regional Skills Assessments
    • Skills Investment Plans
    • Gaelic Evidence Base
    • Skills 4.0
    • Research Online
    Find out more about skills planning
    • Our careers service in schools
    • Career Management Skills
    • Our Centres
    • My World of Work
    • 16+ Data Hub
    • Support for parents, carers and teachers
    Find out more about Scotland's Careers Services
    • Foundation Apprenticeships
    • Modern Apprenticeships
    • Graduate Apprenticeships
    • Work-based Learning
    • Apprenticeships.scot
    • Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board
    Find out more about apprenticeships
    • Employability Fund
    • Certificate of Work Readiness
    • The Big Plus
    • National Third Sector Fund
    • Transition Training Fund
    • Individual Training Accounts
    • Introduction to Work Place Skills
    • Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE)
    Find out more about employability skills
    • Skills for Growth
    • Marketplace
    • Our Skillsforce
    • The Public Sector Network
    • Scotland's Employer Recruitment Incentive
    Find out more about supporting Scotland's employers
    • PhD Programme
    • Knowledge Exchange
    Find out more about research and insight
  • Publications & Statistics

    SDS Corporate Plan 2015-20

    Annual Review 2017-18

    SDS Publication Schedule

    Modern Apprenticeship Frameworks

    SDS Operating Plan 2018-20

    All Publications All Statistics Research Online

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  • Local & National Work
    • Aberdeen City
    • Aberdeenshire
    • Angus
    • Argyll and Bute
    • City of Edinburgh
    • Clackmannanshire
    • Dumfries and Galloway
    • Dundee City
    • East Ayrshire
    • East Dunbartonshire
    • East Lothian
    • East Renfrewshire
    • Eilean Siar
    • Falkirk
    • Fife
    • Glasgow City
    • Highland
    • Inverclyde
    • Midlothian
    • Moray
    • North Ayrshire
    • North Lanarkshire
    • Orkney Islands
    • Perth and Kinross
    • Renfrewshire
    • Scottish Borders
    • Shetland Islands
    • South Ayrshire
    • South Lanarkshire
    • Stirling
    • West Dunbartonshire
    • West Lothian

    Local and National Work

    We work with a wide range of national and local partners to improve, align and integrate our services for customers.

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  • Our Digital Webservices

    My World of Work

    Our web service, offering expert information and advice on careers, that's free to access for any individual - wherever they are in their learning or working life.

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    Apprenticeships.scot

    Our online service for Scottish apprenticeships. Find current vacancies and information on how to become an apprentice, as well as employer support on recruiting apprentices.

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    Our Skillsforce

    Our Skillsforce helps employers to locate and access local support, from advice to HR and funding - alongside information to help businesses engage with education.

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    Digital World

    Developed in collaboration with industry, Digital World promotes careers in Scotland's digital technologies sector.

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    Centre for Work-based Learning

    Developed in partnership with leading Scottish universities, the Centre for Work-based Learning aims to establish the value of work-based learning in the Scottish education and training system.

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  • Popular searches

    • ITA registration
    • Individual Training Accounts (ITA)
    • CV
    • FIPS
    • Vacancies
    • Employability Fund
    • Work Able Scotland
    • Frameworks

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    • Participation Measure
    • Apprenticeship levy
    • Our careers service
    • Apprenticeships
    • Modern Apprenticeships
    • Foundation Apprenticeships
    • Graduate Apprenticeships
    • Complaints

Secure Area

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  • Secure Area

 

The secure area is no longer available, however, all information is now stored elsewhere.

 

If you are looking for information on the SDS Quality Assurance Framework, Self Assessment and Quality Action Plan templates and Quality Assessor contact details please visit the Quality Assurance pages on the SDS website.

 

If you are looking for the updated Local Authority Equality Dashboards (now called Equality Summaries) please visit the Publications Section of the SDS website.

 

If you require more general information about managing your Modern Apprenticeship contract please visit the Provider pages on Apprenticeships.Scot.

What We Do

  • Skills Planning
  • Scotland's Careers Services
  • Apprenticeships
  • Employability Skills
  • Supporting Scotland's Employers

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Contact Us

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Head Office

Skills Development Scotland
Monteith House
11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY

Phone: 0141 285 6000
Between 8am and 6pm
Monday to Friday

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The Skills Development Scotland Co Limited, a Company Limited by Guarantee, registered in Scotland (Company no. SC202659)
Registered Office: Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DY