LSIP - Skills Survey

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Contact Details
Full Name
Company Name
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Telephone Number
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11-50
51-100
101-150
151-200
201-250
250+
Number of Employees
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Yes
No
Are you a Chamber Member?
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Suffolk
Norfolk
Both
Neither
Registered Location of Business
Sector/Industry
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Do your employees have sufficient soft skills to deliver your goods and services?
Yes, the majority of my employees are sufficiently skilled
Yes, most of my existing employees are sufficiently skilled but we need to recruit and upskill a larger workforce
No, my existing employees have some of the skills required but need further development
No, my existing employees need upskilling
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Do your employees have sufficient digital skills to deliver your goods and services?
Yes, the majority of my employees are sufficiently skilled
Yes, most of my existing employees are sufficiently skilled but we need to recruit and upskill a larger workforce
No, my existing employees have some of the skills required but need further development
No, my existing employees need upskilling
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Are you currently providing training for your employees?
YESNO
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Please select type of training being provided?
Accredited Level 2
Accredited Level 3
Acredited Level 4
Accredited Level 5/6/7
Apprenticeship
Accredited Level 5/6/7
Non Accredited - informal such as soft skills
Mandatory i.e. H&S. First Aid
Mentoring - in-house
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Please identify your current type of skills provider
Local College
Local Training Provider
National Training Provider
Local University
Other
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Overall satisfaction of your current provider ?Poor = 0 Excellent = 10
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2
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10
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What is currently preventing you from accessing training?
Cost
Training not available
Time
Employees not interested
Accessibility
Lack of knowledge of provision available
Other
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Is training easily accessible to you as an employer and how do you research what training is available to your workforce?
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Ok
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Do you recognise the benefits of upskilling or reskilling your employees to achieve business growth?
YESNO
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Would you like further support to increase your understanding of skills required for growth?
YESNO
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Which skills do you find the hardest to either develop within your business or recruit for?
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Ok
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Do you know how to access your local training providers and are aware of the training provision available?
YESNO
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Which are the most important soft skills your business needs?Please Select the top 5 most relevant
Team Work
Communication
Problem Solving
Presenting
Time Management
Critical Thinking
Decision Making
Adaptability
Leadership
Project Management
Lone working
Mindset
Resilience
Entrepreneurship
Writing Skills
Public Speaking
Business Etiquette
Motivation
Commercial Awareness
Organisational skills
Other
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Which are the most important digital skills needed in your business?Please select the top 5 most relevant
Social Media for Marketing
Microsoft Applications
Coding & Software Development
Website Updating & Development
Financial Software
Data Entry i.e CRM
Industry Specific Software i.e. CAD
Web based research & problem solving
Behaving safely and compliant online
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Do you plan to recruit within the next 12 months?
YESNO
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Have you recruited within the past 12 months?
YESNO
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What skills do you wish had been taught at school/college?
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If you could help shape the local skills provisions to support your business would you be willing to get involved?
YESNO
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Do you have any additional comments or views on skills that would help with our research?
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