About Lantra in Northern Ireland
Lantra works to improve the level of skills and business performance in companies across 17 industries; these industries are grouped into three broad clusters: land management and production, animal health and welfare and environmental industries.
We promote the importance of having a highly skilled and motivated workforce through training and development, with the aim of increasing business productivity, sustainability and ultimately profitability.
Lantra in Northern Ireland represents the interests of approximately 30,000 businesses which employ around 70,000 staff (approximately (9% of the workforce).
Sector Skills Agreement for Northern Ireland
Our Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) is an agreement between employers, governments, partner organisations and Lantra to deliver agreed action plans for each of our 17 industries to meet the priority skill needs of the sector. Follow the links for the Sector Skills Agreement for Northern Ireland and the annex.
Lantra’s Research Team is committed to providing up-to-date and accurate labour market information for your nation or sector. If you would like further information about the work the Research Team does, or if you have a request for data, please contact the team at research.enquiries@lantra.co.uk
Skills Ambassadors Programme - the success of a business depends on the skills of its workforce, at all levels. Getting businesses to rcognise this and motivate individuals to increase their skills is a huge task. With over 1 million employees and 500,000 volunteers working in the environmental and land-based sector, Lantra cannot achieve this alone. To read more about Lantra's Skills Ambassadors in Northern Ireland please click here.
Land-based engineering holds a prominent position in Northern Ireland in terms of the number of businesses and industries associated with the sector; however, it is currently following not growing. Despite this contraction, a mjor skills shortage is identified within the industry. To read more click here.
