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The SWRDA provided £2 million towards the unique public and private sector project, which originated from an RDA report on skills shortages in the engineering sector. The report revealed that 65% of all job vacancies require a higher level of skill than is currently available.

Advanced Engineering, which includes the aerospace, automotive, rail, medical engineering, machine tools and specialist machinery sectors, is recognised as one of the region's most economically important sectors, worth £3.0 billion to South West England with £1.3 billion in direct exports. In advanced engineering, there are 43,000 jobs directly employed in the industry and some 120,000 associated jobs.

Barry Warburton of the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF), which is responsible for delivering the Advanced Engineering Skills Project, said: "This is an ideal opportunity for engineers to understand just how sales and marketing can benefit their companies. They will be able to identify where they currently are, and where they can be in terms of increased sales and customers. If small companies are to continue to win orders then they must develop their sales and marketing techniques. This course will do just that."

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