Essential Skills in the Workplace

A lack of essential skills is costing the Welsh economy more than half a billion pounds a year. It could be costing your business too. Now is your chance to do something about it.

Improving the essential skills of your people can help you avoid mistakes, reap the benefits of new technology and comply with ever more complex health and safety legislation.

What it's about

No business can function properly without skilled people who can:

  • read and write well
  • use numbers accurately,
  • know how to communicate with others
  • understand information technology.

These are the Essential Skills  - needed in every workplace, of every size, in every sector.

How it works

Our essential skills training gives your staff the chance to fulfil their true potential by improving their literacy, numeracy and  IT skills.

Experienced skills coaches will work with your employees to find out what help is needed. They’ll draw up a tailored learning plan. And deliver training at a time and place to suit you and your workforce.

Who is eligible

Businesses of any size, in any sector, as long as they’re based in Wales.

What’s in it for you

Your employees will:

  • have the ability to understand instructions clearly and take messages accurately
  • be able to follow procedures and comply with legislation
  • be able and willing to participate more fully in team activities
  • gain greater confidence and job satisfaction
  • have a desire for further learning and development.

Your business will:

  • make less mistakes 
  • gain a highly skilled and committed workforce
  • improve its performance, productivity and profitability
  • offer a higher quality service and better customer relations
  • strengthen its reputation
  • reduce absence and lower staff turnover
  • gain employees who are flexible and less resistant to change.

IT'S TIME to let your people shine

Call the Business Wales Helpline on 03000 6 03000 or contact us.

Essential skills training is part-funded by the European Social Fund through the Welsh Government.