Advanced Manufacturing Cluster Report
The six clusters were defined in New
Industries New Jobs (October 2009) as:
- Advanced
Manufacturing
- Digital
Britain
- Engineering
Construction
- Life Science and
Pharmaceuticals
- Low Carbon
economy
- Financial
Services
The reports were
commissioned by BIS and the Advanced Manufacturing Report is the
product of collaboration between five Sector Skills Councils:
Semta, Cogent, Improve, Proskills and Skill-fast, responsible
for skills issues in the majority of manufacturing in the UK.
It seeks to promote understanding of:
- The strategic
context and drivers behind the development of Advanced
Manufacturing technologies
- The range and scope of Advanced Manufacturing
technologies and how they affect many areas of economic life
- The current skills issues facing the
development of Advanced Manufacturing technologies
- Anticipated future skills demand and supply
issues, including the identification of skills mismatches
- Cross-cutting issues affecting a number of
individual Advanced Manufacturing technologies and industries
- Key messages for government and priorities
for action to support the development of Advanced
Manufacturing.
Advanced
Manufacturing
Semta also
contributed to the following reports, click to download:
Engineering
Construction
Life Science and Pharmaceuticals
Low Carbon
Economy