Collaborative Training
The Skillnets Approach

South Kerry Skillnet presents businesses, their management and staff with excellent opportunities to improve skills through top class training and support. All types of training are catered for by the Skillnet. The Skillnet can support any training that is enterprise led including facilitating members that wish to return to College part time to earn Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees, Masters Degrees and Doctorates.

Once a member company approaches the Skillnet with a particular training need, the Skillnet immediately sets about finding other member businesses who may have the same or a similar training requirement. Once the Skillnet has gathered enough members to run the training, the Skillnet will then organise the training provider, venue and any other items to ensure the efficient and smooth running of the training.

Our contracted training providers have passed through a rigorous tendering process, ensuring that we have selected the most experienced, effective trainers in their subject areas.

A Skillnets network (a 'Skillnet') is a group of companies that come together to carry out cross-organisational training related activities which may not be possible on their own. Companies jointly address their training needs, collaborate with other enterprises, and engage experts, trainers, certifying bodies, industry bodies and others to work with them to achieve their goals.

This collaborative approach is:

• More cost efficient as they have better buying power, as well as acces to Skillnets funding
  
• More relevant as the companies can commission training that is suited exactly to member needs
  
• More flexible as training is delivered at times that suit the company
  
• More accessible as training is provided locally either near the company or at company sites
  
• More informed as companies learn from, and support one another in the process
  
• Better facilitated as companies have full time management staff to organise network training and other activities on their behalf
  
• More useful to the companies as the training that is developed is directly aligned to the companies needs and strategies
  
• More suited to enterprise needs as companies themselves decide all aspects of the network's strategy, plans and activities
  
• More beneficial as companies in the network receive new information, share ideas, develop new relationships with their peers in other companies and tap into a wide range of business opportunities that arise from being part of an inter-firm network