Manufacturing Diploma

What are employers saying about the Diploma?

“I have viewed the Manufacturing diploma website and am indeed impressed with the progress made so far. I am certain that giving school leaver’s skills and experience relating to teamwork, customer focus, problem solving and basic technical ability will be of huge benefit to industry at large.”
Mark Hamlin, Operations Director – Henkel UK

“We are looking forward to the introduction of the Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design as we believe it will afford all learners the opportunity to experience the industry first hand and thus discover and develop the relevant industry-related skills for whenever they are ready to enter the workplace. This is an excellent example of industry and education working hand in hand to produce well-educated and well-informed young people ready for further education and/or the work environment.”
Amanda Solloway, Training and Development Controller – BMB Group Ltd

“The Diploma promises to deliver not only an excellent educational background but also the skills and abilities we look for in our employees. We’ve aligned our support for schools with the proposed Personal, Learning & Thinking Skills and have run a successful pilot in Birmingham. The young people were engaged by the activities and learnt a huge amount about the ‘world of work’. We are looking forward to seeing talented young people in the market with the skills we need, clearly identified and developed”.
Jonathan Cooper, Technical Training Manager – Cadbury Trebor Bassett

“Jaguar and Land Rover is giving the Manufacturing and Product Design diploma our full support. In conjunction with our education partnership centres it will encourage and engage young people who will play a significant role in manufacturing in the future”
Lloyd Neal – Land Rover/Jaguar

“Over the last 10 years within the Pharmaceutical industry there have been a number of significant step changes in the level and complexity of technology and associated automation that has been, and will continue to be introduced. The Manufacturing Diploma will provide an excellent platform from which young people can enter the industry from Apprentice, graduate and following further training will be able to progress within the industry at an accelerated route. Having higher qualified and more thoroughly trained and educated young people entering the industry will provide the ongoing competitive edge that companies like GSK need in the 21st century”
Kevin Thrower, HR Manager – GSK

“The Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design offers employers a qualification that has been tailored to the needs of the industry, ensuring the learner has knowledge and experience of the main aspects and impacts of working in manufacturing the 21st Century. The expectations of the world of work are wide and varied; this qualification aims to equip the learner with the best of starts and an opportunity to develop without having to have a purely academic approach.”
Vanessa Ayres, H R Manager – W.T. Johnsons and Sons

“This diploma will help to address acute and emerging skills gaps in our industry. It will help to shape recruitment strategies that support young people’s ambitions to gain employment and successful careers in a growing and exciting industry”.
Sabine Holmes, ChemSkills Project Manager – Humber/Yorkshire Chemical Focus