In-Comm Training Barometer 2024 - For Employers Survey

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2. Have you increased your training budget in the last twelve months? (Required.)

Yes

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3. If you answered yes, in which areas of the business? If you answered no, please select ‘None of the above’. (Required.)

Business Support

Continuous Improvement

Quality Compliance

Engineering & Manufacturing

Health, Safety & Environmental

Leadership & Management

Warehouse & Distribution

None of the above

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4. Has inflation stopped you from investing in training? (Required.)

Yes

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5. What are your biggest training challenges? (Required.)

Business culture

Finance

Identifying the right training needs

Location of support

Releasing staff from core activities

Apprenticeship retention

Delivery models

Identifying the right course

Identifying the right provider

Other (please specify)

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6. Is there enough Government support to help companies tackle their skill shortages? (Required.)

Yes

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7. Where do you want Government skills support to be targeted? (Required.)

Apprenticeships

Upskilling

Higher Education

Modularised Training

Consultancy

Leadership & Management

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8. Are you planning to take apprentices on this year? (Required.)

Yes

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9. What are the main reasons you invest in apprentices? (Required.)

Develop future talent

Employee development, upskilling existing workforce

Fulfil a skills gap

Retain skills within the business

Reskilling

Increasing flexibility of workforce

Other (please specify)

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10. What are the barriers to you investing in apprentices? (Required.)

Access to the right training provider

Access to the right Apprenticeship Standards

Awareness of government support

Increase in energy costs

In-house infrastructure

No barriers

Other (please specify)

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11. Have you invested in new technology to boost productivity? (Required.)

Yes

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12. Have you started to use AI for workforce development? (Required.)

Yes

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13. If you answered 'Yes' can you say how you are investing in in AI to support skills?

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14. Are you struggling to retain staff? (Required.)

Yes

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15. Is your business benefitting from reshoring? (Required.)

Yes

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16. Do you have the relevant skills to make reshoring possible? (Required.)

Yes

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17. What are the most important features you look for in an Apprenticeship provider? Rank them in order of importance (7 being most important and 1 least) (Required.)

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18. Are you engaged in modularised training? (Required.)

Yes

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19. If there was funding available, would you engage in modularised training? (Required.)

Yes

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20. Please submit your full name and contact information below once you have completed the survey. (Required.)

Full Name

Company

In-Comm Training Barometer 2024 - For Employers

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* 1. What sector does your business operate in? (Required.)

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* 2. Have you increased your training budget in the last twelve months? (Required.)

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* 3. If you answered yes, in which areas of the business? If you answered no, please select ‘None of the above’. (Required.)

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* 4. Has inflation stopped you from investing in training? (Required.)

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* 5. What are your biggest training challenges? (Required.)

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* 6. Is there enough Government support to help companies tackle their skill shortages? (Required.)

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* 7. Where do you want Government skills support to be targeted? (Required.)

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* 8. Are you planning to take apprentices on this year? (Required.)

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* 9. What are the main reasons you invest in apprentices? (Required.)

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* 10. What are the barriers to you investing in apprentices? (Required.)

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* 11. Have you invested in new technology to boost productivity? (Required.)

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* 12. Have you started to use AI for workforce development? (Required.)

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* 13. If you answered 'Yes' can you say how you are investing in in AI to support skills?

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* 14. Are you struggling to retain staff? (Required.)

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* 15. Is your business benefitting from reshoring? (Required.)

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* 16. Do you have the relevant skills to make reshoring possible? (Required.)

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* 17. What are the most important features you look for in an Apprenticeship provider? Rank them in order of importance (7 being most important and 1 least) (Required.)

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* 18. Are you engaged in modularised training? (Required.)

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* 19. If there was funding available, would you engage in modularised training? (Required.)

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* 20. Please submit your full name and contact information below once you have completed the survey. (Required.)

1. What sector does your business operate in? (Required.)

2. Have you increased your training budget in the last twelve months? (Required.)

3. If you answered yes, in which areas of the business? If you answered no, please select ‘None of the above’. (Required.)

4. Has inflation stopped you from investing in training? (Required.)

5. What are your biggest training challenges? (Required.)

6. Is there enough Government support to help companies tackle their skill shortages? (Required.)

7. Where do you want Government skills support to be targeted? (Required.)

8. Are you planning to take apprentices on this year? (Required.)

9. What are the main reasons you invest in apprentices? (Required.)

10. What are the barriers to you investing in apprentices? (Required.)

11. Have you invested in new technology to boost productivity? (Required.)

12. Have you started to use AI for workforce development? (Required.)

13. If you answered 'Yes' can you say how you are investing in in AI to support skills?

14. Are you struggling to retain staff? (Required.)

15. Is your business benefitting from reshoring? (Required.)

16. Do you have the relevant skills to make reshoring possible? (Required.)

17. What are the most important features you look for in an Apprenticeship provider? Rank them in order of importance (7 being most important and 1 least) (Required.)

18. Are you engaged in modularised training? (Required.)

19. If there was funding available, would you engage in modularised training? (Required.)

20. Please submit your full name and contact information below once you have completed the survey. (Required.)