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Essential Skills in Business
Rail Safety and Standards Board
How can businesses use essential skills to help young people understand technical roles in the rail industry?
We have had the pleasure to partner with Skills Builder Partnership to deliver our very first Work Insights Week (WIW) at the RSSB offices in Central London.
The WIW was designed for 16- to 18-year-olds and set out to deliver three main components and objectives over one week. One, introduction to the essential skills and the opportunity to develop and hone these skills throughout the week. Two, experience the railway industry and a real working environment through carefully curated project briefs; and three, a bespoke career advice and guidance session to give students the opportunity to learn about railway careers and wider employability requirements.
We were able to deliver social impact worth over £27k (calculated with the RSVT). Undoubtedly, having Skills Builder Partnership’s professional guidance and support in the planning and execution of the WIW was a key component to its success and the incredible impact.
Humaira Ahmed - Sustainable Rail Specialist
To move from a traditional shadowing style work experience to a modern work experience approach that focuses on developing essential skills and gives students the opportunity to explore a wider range of roles at the company.
To consistently build essential skills into outreach activities so that students will be better able to make connections between different job roles and companies in rail.
An average increase of at least 2 skill steps in each skill over the course of the week.
The proportion of students who understood which essential skills are important in rail more than doubled.
100% of participants would recommend the programme to a friend.
The Skills Builder Excellence Standards set clear guidelines for best practice across a business or team.
Business or teams who achieve these indicators work towards achieving an Excellence Mark accreditation.
The Outreach Excellence Standards are outlined below.
