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Essity is a leading manufacturer of one-use products, with six sites around the UK producing products such as tissue paper, nappies, and feminine care items. Based in rural Northumberland, the business struggled to attract recruits and was looking for a way to develop its own sustainable pipeline of skilled workers.

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Challenges

Having decided to become an employer-provider through a £200,000 on-site education centre, Essity needed to:

Navigate the logistical and regulatory complexities of launching their own academy.

Provide engineering and manufacturing qualifications in line with the Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard.

Transition existing apprentices from external colleges to new on-site facilities to complete their Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications.

Our solution

To start the process, one of our Regional Development Managers spent a day on the Essity site helping them envision exactly what they wanted to achieve and how to get there.

We advised Essity on how to employ unused space, extend existing infrastructure, recruit training personnel, and transition current apprentices to the new site for completion of their Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications.

To ensure Essity’s apprentices had the foundational knowledge needed for upskilling in the future, we also offered academic components to complement the Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard.

The result

Essity has been able to establish a sustainable pipeline through making the most of locally existing talent
Its apprenticeship academy successfully absorbed their 39 existing apprentices, and now accepts new Level 2 cohorts twice a year
The most able apprentices from each cohort are chosen to progress to Level 3 training, providing Essity with an internal talent pipeline
With ongoing support from EAL, Essity is now looking to offer courses and support to external learners in the North East.

Become an EAL centre

“EAL really supported us in this journey and I would advocate for anyone who wants to become an employer-provider to reach out to them. By the time we pressed submit on the application, we were already way ahead of the curve.”

Clare Stewart, Human Resources Manager, Essity

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