22 December 2022
RIA Scotland has submitted a response to James Withers' independent review of the Scottish skills delivery landscape.
RIA's key recommendations
The response includes 5 key recommendations:
- Recognise rail as an industry which can support the Just Transition to net zero by providing productive, highly skilled, green jobs across Scotland. The current and future rail industry skills gaps should be seen as an opportunity to achieve this.
- Provide a clear pipeline of work to enable businesses to invest in skills and people. 5-year visibility should become the norm.
- Launch a Scotland’s Railways Attraction Programme in collaboration with the rail industry and RIA Scotland.
- Support RIA Scotland’s ambition of a 5% apprenticeship target by providing certainty over future rail investment.
- Public bodies such as Skills Development Scotland should continue to collaborate with industry trade associations such as RIA Scotland to ensure a joined-up approach between government and industry initiatives.
The Submission