Automotive Guide for Employers

An Automotive Guide for Employers Supporting the next generation of technicians with the skills of the future

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Automotive skills for the current and future workforce Electric transportation, driverless cars, automated factories, digitised workspaces, and AI are all major developments that the automotive industry is facing, meaning the skills of automotive businesses need to evolve.

By 2030, the government aims to completely end the sales of petrol and diesel cars, achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 as part of the Green Industrial Revolution. With the rise in electric vehicles, we know that there is going to be a huge demand for a highly skilled technicians and mechanics. We are here to help you to retrain your existing workforce and, attract new talent to your business.

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, and the MIRA Technology Institute provide clean, modern, learning environments incorporating spacious workshops which contain industry standard equipment to deliver specialist automotive skills and emerging technologies training that meet employers’ needs.

Our highly experienced automotive specialists deliver an exceptional quality of training to ensure that your workforce is fully prepared to engage with current techniques and equipment, as these emerge as part of an evolving industry.

Growing your workforce Industry placements

Apprenticeships

Our industry placement programme allows NWSLC students to get a taste for work in an industry they love alongside full-time study. As an employer, you are asked to provide a one day a week opportunity within your business for a student at no cost to you. You might find a new employee to help bolster your workforce.

Apprenticeships are a cost-effective way to draw new skills into your workforce, allowing you to train and develop new employees to meet workshop standards.

An apprentice will work with you for up to 30 hours per week combined with 20% off the job training.

We currently offer a range of apprenticeships to suit a variety of automotive roles and skills such as vehicle integration and systems, testing, coding, maintenance, repair, design, development and much more.

Developing your current workforce Investing in your team’s career development builds trust with your employees and reinforces and enhances workplace productivity. It allows you to create a multi-skilled team that can help generate business growth.

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Apprenticeships The transition from internal combustion engines to electric motor propulsion is with us now and gathering pace.

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This means that we have to look at how we deal with the safety, technical, cultural and behavioural management issues facing the industry as well as those that use and drive electric vehicles at work. Employers need to ensure employees can carry out their roles safely, with a reduced risk of harm or injury from the changes that electric vehicles bring to the workplace.

Andy Powdrill, Training and Development Specialist at MTI

Anyone of any age can be an apprentice. They will earn the same wage and can bring new skills back into your business.

CPD training We offer classroom, online and blended learning options through our range of CPD certified qualifications as well as bespoke workplace training packages.

MIRA Technology Institute Our MTI campus provides a state-of-the-art environment in which we deliver a diverse range of courses covering the latest skills in subjects such as cybersecurity, functional safety, hazard management and control systems as well as IMI short courses.

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The skills and activities required in the business are quite broad; an apprentice will learn the basics such as servicing and workshop management, right up to complex jobs such as clutches, cambelts, engine rebuilds and technical diagnostics We chose to take on an apprentice so we could have the right candidate to build them up and grow into our business, and hopefully, stay with us for a long time.

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Mark Blighton MJB Motors

business; you can welcome in the right candidate to fit your culture and support what you want to achieve, whilst building on their experience and knowledge of the automotive industry.

Book an appointment with one of our Automotive Business Advisors today for more information and funding support.

be@nwslc.ac.uk 0330 058 3000

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