To develop and attract talent to the sector and to foster engagement and promote lifelong learning.
Key deliverables:
- Develop and attract engineering talent for the future.
- Create deeper linkages between the engineering sector and further and higher education and technology centres.
- Foster engagement and life learning to ensure a sustainable workforce.
High level objectives
Develop and attract engineering talent for the future.
- Engage industry in programs targeting primary education eg, Junior Achievement Ireland, and Smart Futures.
- Engage with Department of Education on curriculum reform and advocate for technical subjects to be more widely available in second level schools.
- Promote the engineering sector to attract national and international talent.
Create deeper linkages between the engineering sector and further and higher education and technology centres.
- Create a pipeline for current and future talent through engagement of business with undergraduate and graduate placements programmes and technical apprenticeship programmes.
- Provide in company project opportunities to engage masters and PhD students to drive new skills and innovation in the workplace.
- Develop and deliver upskilling programmes for technicians and engineers to bridge skills gaps in engineering welding, robotics, creative thinking, etc.
Foster engagement and life learning to ensure a sustainable workforce.
- Encourage and support lifelong learning of employees.
- Encourage companies to foster talent through graduate programmes, international placements, mentoring, and career progression pathways.
- Develop in company shared learning platforms and forums to develop ideas and skills in new technologies.
- Enhance the skills and competencies of engineering talent in areas of digitalisation and sustainability capabilities.
