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SEMTA – the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies.
SEMTA cover some 100,000 companies employing 2,500,000 people in the UK. Our companies provide up to 10% of UK Gross Domestic Product (GD) – £74 billion every year – and contribute 33% to total UK Exports.
Led by the sector, for the sector, SEMTA is working closely with its Sector Strategy Groups to drive improvements in productivity by transforming skills in:
- Aerospace
- Biotechnology
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics, including semi- conductors
- Engineering metal products
- Mathematics
- Mechanical engineering
- Meteorology
- Motor vehicle manufacture
- Nanotechnology
- Optical manufacture
- Shipbuilding/ship repair/boat building and repair
Our Key Goals are to…
- ...Improve productivity, business and public service performance
- ...Reduce skills gaps and shortages and anticipate future needs
- ...Increase opportunities to boost the skills ad productivity of everyone in the sector
- ...Improve learning supply, including apprenticeships, higher education and national occupational standard
Visit the SEMTA website for more information