A new comprehensive way of identifying and describing skills needs will help employers, training providers, job seekers, and people looking to upskill to get the best from the system.
The national framework, called the UK Standard Skills Classification (SSC), was officially launched at a special event at the Shard on 30 April, News Cover reports, citing the UK government's official website.
The innovative new tool will make it much easier to match people to job opportunities and target skills investment where it matters most.
It offers the most detailed, data driven picture yet of the UK labour market, and marks a significant step forward in how we think about and discuss skills in the UK.
Created by the University of Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research (IER) and the University of Sheffield, in partnership with Omnifolio on behalf of Skills England, the SSC is a standardised set of categories that identify the skills, knowledge and tasks required across UK occupations.
Providing linkage between skills, occupations and knowledge, the SSC allows users, including employers, training providers and job seekers, to confidently identify needs and plan provision using a simple, common language.
