Workforce Development

Workforce Development

UK Battery Workforce Development Programs

UK Battery Workforce Development Programs

UK Increases Support for Battery Workforce Development, from Lab to Shop Floor Skills Level

Level 2-4

Level 2-5

Initiative Battery Workforce Training Initiative

£1.3m for the National Battery Training and Skills Academy led by Newcastle University with consortium partner New College Durham.

UKBIC Battery Manufacturing

UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) now offers courses including introduction to battery manufacturing and design courses. Funding provided by the Faraday Battery Challenge to develop 6 free training courses to develop skills for the UK battery sector.

Training Program

Level 2-8

Description £1.2m for the Digital Enhanced Battery Ubiquitous Training-West Midlands led by University College Birmingham with consortium partners Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Cranfield University, RAVMAC and JLR.

UK Electrification Skills National Electrification Skills

£700k to Coventry University to deliver vision for coordinated and national approach to re-skilling, up-skilling and new-skilling the workforce at the National Electrification Skills Framework and Forum via new initiative called UK Electrification Skills

Framework and Forum

Level 3

Battery Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship

Level 8

Faraday Institution PhD Training Program

Cogent skills facilitated a Battery Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship which will enable learners to train as an electrode technician, cell assembly technician, formation, ageing & testing technician, or module & pack technician.

The Faraday Institution continues their PhD training program which provides enhanced training for top doctoral talent across disciplines aligned with the Faraday Institution research projects. Recruitment for October 2024 will open in March 2024.

Talent | P. 258 Source: UKRI; UCB; Newcastle Uni; UKBIC; Eventbrite; InsiderMedia; HVMC; IFATE; FI - PhD; FI - Cohort 7

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