The National Technician Development Centre supports universities, research institutions and related bodies across the UK to create a sustainable future for their technical staff and services, providing organisations with access to information, expertise and a range of tools. The expertise of the team at the National Centre, based in Sheffield, is available to organisations to support the delivery of high quality technical services across all areas including Arts, Science, Engineering and Medicine. The Centre will assist organisations in managing the well-documented shortage of skilled and highly trained technicians both within Higher Education and across all sectors. The work of the National Centre includes the HEI Technical Resources Toolkit, a resource available to aid universities and other sector employers in understanding their technical staff and improving the sustainability of their technical services.