PRC Leads the way in
Manufacturing
Peterborough Regional College has been given the accolade of
being selected as the lead training provider for the National
Skills Academy for Manufacturing in the East of England.
The Skills Academy is one of a series of national bodies set up
by the Government across various industries. They create networks
of employer-led, world-class centres of excellence to deliver the
skills required by each sector of the economy. They operate
in partnership with the best training providers to ensure that new
thinking and new methods will have widespread impact on the quality
of work-based learning.
Peterborough Regional College already holds a Centre of
Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in Manufacturing and has a strong
history and an excellent reputation for training in this
field. As the Skills Academy’s lead provider in the region,
the College will work alongside partner organisations and other
providers to ensure that the training and skills needs of the
manufacturing sector are met.
Executive Director of Peterborough Regional
College’s Business Training Services team, Kevin Taylor, commented,
“The College has an excellent reputation for delivering training
that meets employer and local skills needs in Peterborough and
beyond, and we are delighted to have been selected as the lead
college for manufacturing training in the East of England.
The College Business Training Services team has already begun to
implement training in lean manufacturing techniques, which is
having a considerable impact on productivity and efficiency in our
partner companies.”
John Bradley, the Skills Academy’s Regional
Manager for the East of England, said: “Our job is to identify the
very best examples of manufacturing training content and delivery
in the UK and help employers enjoy the sustained business benefits
that better approaches to skills development bring. Peterborough
Regional College is an exemplar of how work-based learning should
be delivered. We believe this new partnership will help us improve
the quality of manufacturing skills across the East of
England.”