The Toolkit
The project aims to address the issues highlighted under Background by developing a toolkit which, with guidance:
- Enables institutions to build an understanding of the current situation for technicians to support business continuity and succession planning
- Enables institutions to identify local skills gaps by analysing current skills data against their strategic need
- Provides a consistent sector wide technician taxonomy which provides a framework for progression, linked to external accreditation
- Provides career pathways advice and guidance, including signposted accredited development and training opportunities supported by a personal CPD tool

The project is broken down into the following workstreams (click each title to see relevant PDF):