英国：可持续制造业帮助塑造行业未来

Sustainable manufacturing to help shaping industry's future

Members of the fashion and textiles industry are being given the chance to help shape the new National Occupational Standards (NOS) that will outline the essential skills for sustainable manufacturing and operations.
Skillset are consulting with as many employers, unions and trade bodies as possible to ensure that the new Standards reflect the needs of all parts of the industry.
NOS provide a clear description of what people need to be able to do in order to perform their job competently. They can be used to support organisational development, recruitment and selection, job descriptions and specifications, and to identify training needs.
Sustainability is a growing area for the fashion and textiles sector due to increasing legislation, the need to reduce production costs and changing consumer attitudes. Meeting environmental challenges will impact manufacturing firms in a variety of ways, affecting the availability of raw materials, transportation costs, energy and water use and the effective disposal of waste.
To cope with these changes, the sector will increasingly require individuals with new skills, such as understanding how legislation and sustainability impacts upon businesses, and how to effectively respond to these demands.
Skillset's chief executive, Dinah Caine, said: "These developments present our industry with both challenges and opportunities. We want to make sure that the voice of the industry is heard in these consultations so that these Standards are as relevant and useful as possible."
Skillset is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the Creative Industries. SSCs are licensed by the UK Government and by Ministers in the devolved administrations to tackle the skills and productivity challenges by sector.
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英国：可持续制造业帮助塑造行业未来

时装及纺织业的成员将被给予机会，帮助塑造新的国家职业标准（NOS），以阐述可持续制造业及运作的必要技能。
技能组将咨询尽可能多的雇主，工会和贸易机构，尽可能地保证新标准反映了该行业的所有方面的需求。
NOS可以提供一个明确的描述，说明需要什么样的人能够胜任他们的工作。它们可用于支持组织的发展，招聘和选择，岗位描述和规范，并确定培训需求。
由于越来越多的立法，降低生产成本和消费观念的变化的需要，可持续发展成为一个时尚和纺织领域日益严重的问题。迎接环境挑战，将在很多方面影响制造企业，影响原材料的供应，运输成本，能源和水的使用及废物的有效清理。
为了应对这些变化，该领域将越来越多需要拥有新技能的人加入，如知道立法和可持续发展将如何影响企业，以及如何有效地应对这些要求。
技能组的行政长官Dinah Caine说：“这些发展给我们的行业带来并存的挑战与机遇，我们要确保业界的声音在这些咨询中被听到，那么标准就会尽可能的有相关性和有效性。”
技能组是创意产业的部门技能委员会（SSC）。英国政府和部门许可SSC解决该领域技能和生产力的新挑战。