Bringing Employers

and Colleges

Together

Ayrshire College

Embedded in business community

Ayrshire Economic Partnership

Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce

Taste Ayrshire

Community Planning Partnership Boards

Economic Development Boards, eg Team North Ayrshire

Employer Skills Forums

– Hospitality

– Engineering/Aerospace/

Renewables

Working in partnership to grow

Ayrshire’s economy

Right skills at the right time to help grow your company

Involvement in evaluating current provision and determining future curriculum

Industry standard courses delivered in industry relevant environment with world class resources

Apprenticeships and SVQs to develop the workforce

Workforce planning for current & future skills needs

Supporting business start-ups and companies locating to Ayrshire

Access to our technical and human resources

Our offer to employers

Making your business our business

Key employment growth sectors

– Engineering and renewables

– Health and social care

– Hospitality and tourism/Food and drink

– Construction

– Sport and leisure

Ayrshire College Centres of Excellence in

– Engineering and renewables

– Hospitality and tourism

– ICT & Digital Technologies

– Health & Social Care

– Sport & Leisure

College activity reflects industry

sectors critical to Ayrshire

Acting on feedback from engineering businesses

New Mazak Machining Centre for CNC programming – the only college in Scotland with this technology

First provider in Scotland to offer composites training accredited by the National Skills Academy for Process Industries

Leading the way in engineering

Doubling the number of apprenticeships this year

Working with industry leaders in Ayrshire to design course provision

Installing state of the art kitchens and training restaurants

Supporting the hospitality industry

Take part in our evaluation and curriculum planning processes

Offer high quality work placements, volunteering opportunities and project work to our students

Raise awareness of your industry at our careers fairs

Sponsor our curriculum areas by donating equipment, sharing expertise and rewarding student excellence

Help us tackle gender segregation in the workplace by encouraging males and females into non-traditional occupations

Our ask of employers

Make our business your business

Regular networking events with local businesses

Public/private partnerships to maximise impact on our communities

Communicate

Direct recruitment from student cohort

Partner of choice

Collaboration to tackle inequalities – joint posts with Police Scotland and NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Partner of choice

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