In the third instalment of our series focusing on skills and training, John Savage of the National Fluid Power Centre discusses the importance of ensuring that skills and knowledge obtained through training courses are being applied proficiently.
In the second of our series focusing on skills and training, Martyn Bennett of ARTIS discusses the unique needs of the UK’s rubber industry and how as an organisation it has taken a hands-on approach to offer companies training in this field.
Following the acquisition of G&A Moulding Technology Ltd in March 2015 and a successful trading period, RJG is restructuring its operations in UK and Ireland.
RAPRA’s Wendi Beamson discusses the changing needs of the manufacturing industry, looking specifically at the areas of enabling technologies, such as hydraulics and pneumatics.
In his regular, exclusive column for BP&R, Philip Law, Director-General of the British Plastics Federation, discusses the new Education and Training Committee, dedicated to bridging the industry’s ever-worrying skills gap.
Large numbers of businesses throughout the UK are breaking the law and risk being fined after new legislation introduced earlier this year now requires all workplaces to display a new and updated Health and Safety Law Poster.
After the end of a long term, teachers across the country rolled up their sleeves for an extra-curricular course in plastics and I went to find out more about how this initiative is attempting to plug the industry's skills gap.
We’ve all heard about the skills shortage, with reports suggesting that although the number of job vacancies is set to rise, there is a lack of candidates with the sufficient skills for the job.
A recent report published by the EEF, the Manufacturer’s Organisation, revealed that manufacturing companies in the FTSE 100 have a higher than average number of women on their boards than the index overall.
With so much talk surrounding succession plans and encouraging a new, skilled workforce in the polymer industry, I attended an Apprenticeship Summit at the Polymer Training and Innovation Centre (PTIC) in Telford to find out more.
