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Sector Skills Councils

The Sector Skills Councils

The Sector Skills Councils represent the skills and training needs of businesses in the UK. There are 25 different Sector Skills Councils covering 85% of the workforce. Please see the below web links for more information on the different sectors.

Asset Skills

Asset Skills is the Sector Skills Council for Property, Housing Facilities Management, Housing, Cleaning and Car Parking industries.

http://www.assetskills.org/home/home.asp

Cogent

Cogent is the Sector Skills Council for Chemical and Pharmaceuticals, Oil and Gas, Nuclear, Petroleum and Polymer Industries.

http://www.cogent-ssc.com/

Construction Skills

Construction Skills is the Sector Skills Council for all parts of the Construction industry.

http://www.constructionskills.net/

Creative & Cultural Skills

Creative & Cultural Skills is the Sector Skills Council for Advertising, Crafts, Cultural Heritage, Design, Music, Performing, Literary and Visual Arts.

http://www.ccskills.org.uk/

E-Skills UK

E-skills is the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms.

http://www.e-skills.com/

EU Skills

EU Skills (Energy and Utilities Skills) is the Sector Skills Council for Electricity, Gas, Waste Management and Water industries.

http://www.euskills.co.uk/

Financial Services

Financial Services is the Sector Skills Council for the Financial Services.

http://www.fssc.org.uk

GoSkills

GoSkills is the Sector Skills Council for the Passenger Transport Industries.

http://www.goskills.org/

Government Skills

Government Skills is the Sector Skills Council for Central Government, all civil service departments and agencies and unaffiliated non-departmental government bodies.

http://www.government-skills.gov.uk/

IMI

IMI (The Institute of the Motor Industry) is the Sector Skills Council for the Automotive Retail industries.

http://www.motor.org.uk/information/index.html

Improve Ltd

Improve Ltd is the Sector Skills Council for the Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing Industries.

http://www.improveltd.co.uk/

Lantra

Lantra is the Sector Skills Council for the environmental and land-based sector.

http://www.lantra.co.uk/

Lifelong Learning UK

Lifelong Learning UK is the Sector Skills Council for Community Learning and Development, Further Education, Higher Education, Libraries, Archives and Information Services and Work Based Learning.

http://www.lluk.org/

People 1^st

People 1^st is the Sector Skills Council for Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism, covering: Contract Food Service Providers, Events, Gambling, Holiday Parks, Hospitality Services, Hostels, Hotels, Membership Clubs, Pubs, Bars and Nightclubs, Restaurants, Self-Catering Accommodation, Tourist Services, Travel Services and Visitor Attractions.

http://www.people1st.co.uk/

Proskills

Proskills is the Sector Skills Council for Building Products, Coatings, Extractives, Glass and Print industries.

http://www.proskills.co.uk/index.php

Semta

Semta is the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering & Manufacturing Technologies, Aerospace, Automotive, Bioscience, Electrical, Electronics, Maintenance, Marine, Mathematics, Mechanical, Metals and Engineered Metal Products industries.

http://www.semta.org.uk/

Skillfast

Skillfast is the Sector Skills Council for Fashion and Textiles.

http://www.skillfast-uk.org/

Skills Active

Skills Active is the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure and Learning.

http://www.skillsactive.com/

Skills for Care and Development

Skills for Care and Development is the Sector Skills Council for Social Care.

http://www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk/view.aspx?id=15

SkillSet

Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for UK creative media industries