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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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    • Skills Planning
    • Skills Investment Plans
    • Skills Action Plan for Rural Scotland
    • Edinburgh and South East Scotland Labour Market Toolkit
    • Skills4-0
    • Skills Alignment
    • COVID-19 Labour Market Insights
    • Regional Skills Assessments
    • Sectoral Skills Assessments
    • Gaelic Evidence Base
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    • Our careers service in schools
    • Our Centres
    • Career Management Skills
    • My World of Work
    • 16+ Data Hub
    • My Kids Career
    Find out more about Scotland's Careers Services
    • Foundation Apprenticeships
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    • Graduate Apprenticeships
    • Work-based Learning
    • Apprenticeships.scot
    • Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board
    • Apprenticeship Approvals Group
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    • Employability Fund
    • Certificate of Work Readiness
    • The Big Plus
    • National Third Sector Fund
    • Individual Training Accounts
    • Introduction to Work Place Skills
    • Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE)
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    • 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
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  • Our Strategic Plan

    2019-22

    In this Corporate Plan for the 2019–2022 we set out the first stage of how we will enable people, mobilise employers and influence the skills system.

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    A Human Future

    To ensure Scotland’s retains a skilled workforce, we are working in with others to chart out a vision we are calling Scotland 2035 – A Human Future.

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    Case Studies

    Discover real examples of the impact our work has on people, businesses and the Scottish learning and skills system in our strategic plan case studies.

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    Collaboration

    Find out how we're working with other enterprise and skills agencies.

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    PDF download

    Looking to read our full Strategic Plan?

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    Summary

    A summary document for our Strategic Plan 2019-22.

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  • Publications & Statistics

    Strategic Plan 2019-22

    Annual Review 2019/20

    SDS Publication Schedule

    Modern Apprenticeship Frameworks

    SDS Operating Plan 2019-20

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    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 Websites

    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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    My Kid's Career

    Our web service which helps parents and carers support their children to make career decisions, guided by information on the future world of work.

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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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Proskills Frameworks

Extractive and Mineral Processing

The Extractive and Mineral Processing industries are is vital to our everyday lives - they provide the essential raw materials for use by the construction industry, agricultural, manufacturing and the energy production industry.

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Furniture and Furnishings and Interiors

The Furniture industry is of significant importance to the UK economy, particularly in the supply of end products for residential and commercial living/work places.

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Glass Industry Occupations

The Glass industry covers a range of sub-sectors: automotive glazing, glazing, fenestration, glass manufacture and processing: flat and special glass, crystal and domestic, fibre and optical glass and containers.

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Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Health and Safety is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goal of occupational safety and health programs is to foster a safe and healthy work environment.

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Print

The printing industry is one of the UK's largest manufacturing sectors serving all parts of the business and consumer market - central and local government, financial services, retailing, distribution, travel and tourism and the manufacturing industry.

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Wood and Timber

The Wood industry is of significant importance to the Scottish economy, particularly in the supply of materials for end products for residential and commercial living and work places.

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What We Do

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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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Registered Office: Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DY