Empower Your Manufacturing Leaders with Our Tailored Apprenticeships

Unlock the Full Potential of Your Workforce with Industry-Specific Leadership Training
Our apprenticeships are designed to address the unique challenges faced by the manufacturing industry, ensuring your leaders are equipped with the skills they need to succeed.
With a focus on practical, hands-on learning, we help your team develop the expertise required to drive innovation and company-wide growth.
The Problem
- Skills shortages: A lack of skilled managers and leaders is holding back the growth and productivity of teams.
- Diversity and inclusion: Promoting diversity and inclusion within management teams can be challenging, but it’s essential for innovation, growth, and a fairer environment for all.
- Technological change: Rapid technological advancements, from automation to AI, require managers to develop advanced analytic and data management skills.
- Cost pressures: Rising costs of energy, raw materials, and labour mean doing more with less and driving growth through team productivity improvements and innovation.
- Global competition: Intense global competition forces UK manufacturers to focus on efficiency and innovation, putting pressure on managers to find creative solutions.
- Talent retention: Attracting and retaining top management talent is difficult, impacting retention, particularly of management.
The Solution
Addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive approach to management and leadership development that only Instep can deliver.
Our unique approach combines on-the-job training with classroom learning, facilitated by experienced industry professionals.
By embedding Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at the core of our programs, we ensure that every employee’s personal experience and expertise are leveraged to benefit the business.
Instep develops the following areas, taking your team from their first management role to becoming the leaders of tomorrow:
- Leadership development
- Data and analysis
- Operational excellence
- Problem-solving
- Team management
- Communication
- Strategic thinking
Benefits for Manufacturing Companies
Develop the managers for today and the leaders for tomorrow, by equipping your business with the leadership it needs to thrive.
Training will improve employee engagement and retention, helping to create a motivated and committed workforce.
This means a boost in productivity and efficiency, to enhance operational performance and drive innovation within the company.
Benefits for Managers and Leaders
Leaders will gain valuable skills and experience by applying experiential learning in real-world settings to create immediate impact.
It’s the chance to earn a nationally recognised qualification, helping individuals progress from manager to leader with a credential that opens doors in their careers.
Ultimately, this means increasing their earning potential, as the course will significantly enhance their career prospects moving forward.
For those looking to advance their career in manufacturing, Instep’s programmes can position them for leadership roles within the industry.
global companies
“Right from the outset, from the information about the courses to the onboarding and the flexibility for course dates, the Instep Team made the process really easy for us and this allowed us to continue to run the factory alongside the course.”
– Roger Gaskell, Managing Director, Active EMS
Ready to Transform Your Leadership Team?
Contact us today to learn more about how our tailored leadership and management apprenticeships can help your manufacturing business thrive.
Let’s work together to build the leaders of tomorrow.