D4.4. FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING CONTENT

This report (D4.4) is the fourth deliverable for Work Package 4 (Training needs assessment) of the Up-Skill project. Building on insights from D4.3 and ethnographic case studies, it reframes future skills mapping as an emergent, context-specific process shaped by interactions between people, technology, and organisational structures. The report begins by outlining current skills mapping approaches, highlighting their importance in anticipating future skills demand and identifying skills gaps. It then shows, through case studies, how new skills emerge as employees engage with technologies in practice, highlighting the critical role of managers in recognising and supporting these emergent skills. Finally, D4.4 proposes a participatory, co-creative workflow to help organisations—especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and artisanal firms—identify, support, and develop the skills required for technological change. The approach does not aim to prescribe a universal list of future skills, but instead offers a process through which firms can surface tacit expertise, respond to shifting role boundaries, and co-design context-sensitive learning trajectories.