The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

EurOccupations

International Expert ConferenceMay 21st and 22nd

2008

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Derek Hartshorne

Lantra Sector Skills Council for Land-based and environmental

Industries

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Role of SSCs• In the UK, 25 Sector Skills Councils cover all

economic sectors.• SSCs are ‘Standards Setting Bodies’ and are

responsible for the creation and maintenance of National Occupational Standards (NOS) that describe all ‘tasks’ carried out by workers.

• NOS include ‘What you need to do’ and ‘What you need to know’.

• NOS define Occupations by creating detailed task lists

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Occupations in the Land-based Sector• Lantra has responsibility for 17 sectors -

including Agriculture and the Equine sector, Forestry, Landscaping, Fencing and Fish Farming

• Lantra has already defined more than 600 occupations in detail for all Land-based jobs.

• Occupations are defined after extensive consultation with employers in each sector.

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Online Tools• Lantra maintains a number of web-based tools to

support Workers, Employers, Trainers/Educators and Researchers

• The main tool is the Online Competence Framework (OCF)

• All 600 descriptions of Occupations are already stored in the OCF.

• The OCF is built on 4 powerful databases that ‘map’ the relationship between Occupational Competence, National Occupational Standards, and Education.

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Job Shop and Job Matching• Detailed Occupation definitions underpin a ‘Job

Matching’ service.• Employers advertise vacancies using standard

definitions• The database automatically finds the best

applicants

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Other initiatives• In UK 8 Sector Skills Councils are using the same

technology and have occupation definitions available online.

• At least 3 other European initiatives that are defining Occupations.

• Agripass - aids mobility in the agriculture, forestry and landscaping sectors

• Metals Sector• Hospitality sector• Europass is investigating adding occupation

definitions

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Summary• Based on extensive research, standard

definitions of occupations already exist in the UK.

• Other EU projects are working on occupation definitions.

• Online tools and services already exist to make these definitions available.

• It is important that projects use the same definitions

The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector

Derek Hartshorne

Lantra Sector Skills Council for Land-based and environmental

Industries