News: Performance Management
Skills for Justice to improve training in Wales
25 October 2007
Sector Skills Agreements (SSAs), including the Skills for Justice SSA, will help to produce a world-class skills system in Wales.
The SSAs were launched by the deputy minister for skills, John Griffiths, at an event at the Wales Millennium Centre, and could lead to enhanced training in the justice sector.
Richard Jones of Skills for Justice said: "The SSA is an assessment of skills needs and priorities within the justice sector.
"It identifies and articulates the sector's future workforce and skills needs so that employers, learning providers and Skills for Justice can take collaborative action to address them."
Mr Griffiths said that the group is looking to link the development of police cadetship into 14 to 19 provision and the Welsh baccalaureate qualification.
"We must equip individuals with the skills needed for employment, and the skills needed for business," he said.
This should help to enhance training in the justice sector.
Dr Rachel Jones of the Sector Skills Development Agency notes that, although the UK enjoys high employment, it is also a low productivity economy.
