Over the next three years, Catalyst will run four related initiatives; Pass on Your Skills will provide opportunities for skilled specialists to move into teaching roles within FE; Make a Difference will encourage talented graduates to build a career in FE; Business Talent will help FE providers attract talented managers from other sectors; Business Interchange will give FE staff the chance to work more closely with local businesses and update their skills in industry.

If you have a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) at Level 3 or equivalent in your subject area and relevant work experience in your vocational or technical area, you can apply. If you're not sure, we can assess your qualification and advise you if it is equivalent to NVQ Level 3. You could be invited for an interview at your local college or learning provider and you may also be asked to provide a satisfactory reference, depending on the college or learning provider's requirements.

The Catalyst initiative has been set up to drive recruitment initiatives across the further education sector, ensuring that staff have the necessary skills to deliver exceptional teaching and training to their relevant sectors and are backed by world-class leadership.

LLUK is responsible for the management and implementation of the 'Pass on Your Skills' initiative which is part of Catalyst. Pass on Your Skills will enable vocational practitioners such as those working in Health & Social Care and Engineering to pass on their skills to the next set of newly qualified professionals in these vocational areas. Pass on Your Skills is part of a wider initiative called Catalyst which aims to create new opportunities for further education (FE) providers to shape the workforce of the future.

Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) is the sector skills council responsible for the professional development of all those working in the field of lifelong learning.

The vision of LLUK is to ensure that the UK lifelong learning workforce is the best globally. LLUK's mission is to ensure that lifelong learning employers can recruit, retain and develop highly skilled and effective staff... so we can access the skills and knowledge needed for a prosperous economy and inclusive society.

Pass on Your Skills is an initiative that has been set up to encourage vocational and technical practitioners to use their knowledge and experience in their sector to become teachers, trainers or tutors to pass on their skills to the workforce of the future.

Pass on Your Skills will implement a series of high profile recruitment and training initiatives targeting a number of key business sectors. The initiative intends to highlight the benefits of working in the FE sector, and the opportunities for you to work in the further education sector as a teacher, tutor or trainer.

The aim of Pass on Your Skills is to ensure that further education (FE) staff have the skills and expertise required to meet the needs of the sectors they serve by raising awareness of the opportunities for technical and vocational practitioners to move into appropriate teaching roles to pass on their skills to the workforce of the future.

Pass on Your Skills will ensure that further education colleges are able to fill key vacancies within shortage areas in the sectors that they often have difficulty in recruiting teachers, tutors and trainers with the appropriate level of skills.