Tata Steel workers in South Wales now have the opportunity to gain formally accreditation and recognition for their skills and capability built up over many years through work-based learning.
In a collaboration with Bridgend College, and as part of the Tata Steel’s £20 million contribution to the Transition Board's Skills & Accreditation workstream, workers are being encouraged to take part in a formal assessment of their skills that could gain them National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs).
“I’d 100% recommend this for anyone who wants to get formal recognition for the skills they have gained over the years. The team running the course were brilliant and really supportive all the way through.”
Sarah Williams, Sector Quality Lead from Bridgend College said: “We have put together a week long programme to help learners to have a qualification for what they have already achieved in their workplace, which will be evidence of transferable skills for the future.
“Workers in Tata Steel do a lot of competency work about things such as heath and safety, fire safety and manual handling, which is the foundation of a nationally-recognised and transferable qualification that we can test through discussions and demonstrations of their knowledge and skills.”
Jon James, from Morfa Coke Ovens has been through the course and gained an NVQ Level 2. He said: “This has been a good opportunity to become accredited for the skills I’ve learned through my 18 years here.
“I’d 100% recommend this for anyone who wants to get formal recognition for the skills you have gained over the years. The team running the course were brilliant and really supportive all the way through.”
WATCH and interview with Sarah Williams from Bridgend College and Steelworker, Jon James, here: (2) Tata Steel helps employees to gain NVQ accreditations - YouTube
About Tata Steel UK
- The Tata Steel Group has been named one of the most ethical companies in the world, and is among the top producing global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes.
- Tata Steel in the UK has the ambition to produce net-zero steel by 2045 at the latest, and to have reduced 30% of its CO2 emissions by 2030.
- Tata Steel is the largest steelmaker in the UK with primary steelmaking at Port Talbot in South Wales supporting manufacturing and distribution operations at sites across Wales, England and Northern Ireland as well as Norway, Sweden, France and Germany. It also benefits from a network of international sales offices around the world.
- Tata Steel employs more than 8,000 people and has an annual crude steel capacity of 5 million tonnes, supplying high-quality steel products to demanding markets, including construction and infrastructure, automotive, packaging and engineering.
- Tata Steel Group is one of the world's most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and a commercial presence across the world.
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