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SFDF Apprenticeship Roadshow Edinburgh 25 October 2012 Caroline Fox Policy Manager Food and Drink Federation Agenda 10.50 Skills Investment Plan for Food and Drink Gerry McBride, Food and Drink Industry Manager, Skills Development Scotland 11.10

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SFDF Apprenticeship Roadshow Edinburgh

25 October 2012

Caroline Fox Policy Manager Food and Drink Federation

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Agenda

10.50 Skills Investment Plan for Food and Drink

Gerry McBride, Food and Drink Industry Manager, Skills Development Scotland

11.10 Business Benefits

Muir Sneddon, Maintenance Manager, Devro (Scotland) Ltd

11.30 What I bring to the business

Grant Dixon and Chris Hill, Modern Apprentices, Devro (Scotland) Ltd

11.40 Steps to make it happen

Justine Fosh, Scotland Food and Drink Skills Academy / Exec Director Improve

12:00 Q&A Session

Panel discussion chaired by Alan Clarke, Chief Executive, Scottish Bakers

12:30 Buffet Lunch

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Annual R&D spend £10m growing through the downturn Largest manufacturing sector 21% of total industry turnover in Scotland Nearly 50,000 employees Almost 1,200 businesses £9bn turnover Exporting £4bn in 2011 Target to grow to £7bn by 2017 2/3rds UK Farm Production

The Scottish Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry

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20/20 Vision for Growth

FDF, Defra & BIS shared vision for the UK food

and drink industry is to deliver sustainable growth of 20% by 2020.

To achieve it we need:

– To attract the best talent to our industry through a pipeline delivering employment‐ready individuals – To retain and develop our workforce

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A Changing Skills Landscape

An ageing workforce: 49% eligible for

retirement in the UK food and drink industry in next 20 years

Between 2007 ‐ 2017, 137,000 new recruits

required of which 45% are managerial roles

Skills shortages in technical disciplines e.g.

food science and technology and engineering

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Attracting Talent

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Source: Improve/NAS

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FDF Apprenticeship Pledge

To double the number of food and drink manufacturing apprenticeship starts in England and Scotland by end of 2012

Pipeline of skilled young people to replace our ageing

workforce

Committed to double the number of apprenticeships

from 1700 to 3400 in England and Scotland

Collective action will help us build skills for the future.

Our industry has already made good progress…………..

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