The employer dimension

As they are embedded in industry and have a strong business style to their operations, GTAs enjoy the confidence of of over 15,000 employers, beyond those who are GTA subscribers. They concentrate on the hard-to-deliver disciplines, the hard-to-deliver qualifications and the harder-to-help young people that other providers often shy away from. They are intimately connected with many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as world-class corporations.

GTAs focus on Apprenticeships and Train to Gain provision in technical occupations, principally engineering, construction and engineering construction. From this base they have continued to diversify, embracing new sunrise industries and increasingly, the service industries.

They offer strong ladders of progression, including much good provision for schools which successfully introduces pupils to careers in industry. They also offer other disciplines which benefit from a partnership with employers in securing high-quality, occupationally-relevant and flexible provision. These include manufacturing management, social care, dental nursing, logistics, food processing and other work in local demand.

GTAs also offer a wide range of technical skills training as part of their workforce development services.