MetSkill was established in 1990, by employers in the metals industry, as a mutual venture to help improve business performance and skills.

Today, we are recognised by our industry as the strategic skills and performance body for the UK metals industry. Our Board comprises of senior directors from large and small companies across the sector, we are a part of the SEMTA group.

The metals industry includes companies that make, process, distribute and recycle ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and large scale fabricators of metals in construction. It directly employs some 470,000 employees nationwide - twice the size of the automotive sector; has an annual turnover of £38 billion; and exports worth nearly £10 billion per annum. Most other manufacturing sectors depend on the metals industry for raw materials.

The aim of MetSkill is to achieve measurable and sustainable improvements in business performance in the UK metals industry

through enabling metals companies to:

• recruit high calibre new entrants
  
• achieve workforce competence and culture change
  
• reduce costs, release cash and improve customer service
  
• manage performance, change and effective supply chain relationships

Our activities are dictated by industry needs and address key business issues such as reducing costs, culture change, management capability, skills gaps and shortages, health and safety compliance and the need to attract bright new entrants.

We have offices in Sheffield and at the National Metalforming Centre in West Bromwich; and an experienced staff team of 24.