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Found 213 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.
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- Constructionarium Ltd – transition to a sustainable future
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Constructionarium LtdAmount awarded:£535,000Project summary:This project sits under the structured fund, experiential learning opportunity and will deliver a sustainable experiential learning offer for England.
This will enable more universities to access the Constructionarium offer and will result in an increase in the number of universities engaged in Constructionarium. The project will also create a new experiential learning scenario that can be shared with wider industry.
- Developing a Training and Accreditation Scheme for Ecological Clerks of Works
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Balfour BeattyAmount awarded:£119,820Project summary:This project is the development of a training and accreditation scheme for ecological clerks of works on construction sites (Site Ecologists). Clients, contractors and the ecology profession will work collaboratively to agree the required competencies and set standards. A comprehensive training and assessment programme leading to accredited status will enable a sustainable supply of confident and well-trained ecological clerks of works able to meet the increasing supply needs of the construction industry.
- Mentoring for the construction industry (commission)
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Small employer supportProject lead:Carmarthenshire Construction Training AssociationAmount awarded:£119,060Project summary:This project is focussed on mentoring in order to support the retention of new entrants.
The project will:
- Provide 100 new entrants with a mentor
- Train 100 Level 3 apprentices as mentors
- Train 100 industry representatives as mentors
- Produce two best practice guidebooks - one for mentors and one for mentees
- Produce a video case study.
- The Breakfast Club (commission)
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Small employer supportProject lead:LendleaseAmount awarded:£110,654Project summary:Developed in partnership with key contractors, who are all SMEs, the Breakfast Club will deliver eight bespoke interactive training and personal development sessions for 48 new industry entrants (4 cohorts of 12) over a 15-month period.
Running concurrently as a controlled programme alongside the regular intake of new employees, the project will deliver evidence-based comparisons as to the benefit of the bespoke additional interventions for the retention of new entrants.
- Assessment Infrastructure - NDTG
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles, Small employer supportProject lead:NDTGAmount awarded:£111,000Project summary:Funding will be used to set up a new assessment centre where assessors for demolition, asbestos and plant will be trained. A key outcome of the project will be to strengthen the assessment infrastructure across GB in relation to demolition, asbestos and plant. - Construction Contextualised Curriculum
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:London Region Construction Training GroupAmount awarded:£202,000Project summary:This contextualised curriculum project will consist of the development of a suite of resources, available online, for the use of teachers, careers advisers and industry ambassadors that raise the profile and desirability of careers in construction and the built environment.
The project will also include the piloting and roll out of these resources in schools.
- Construction employer frameworks for ex-offenders in Wales (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Learning resourcesProject lead:BAM Nuttall UKAmount awarded:£249,424Project summary:Commission: Employer led training and employment pathways into construction for ex-offenders. The project will map existing training / employment provision for ex-offenders.
It will develop tailored frameworks encompassing employers, offender management services, training and third sector to detail clear pathways into construction employment. The frameworks will reflect existing skills shortages and upcoming needs across Wales.
- Construction pathways into employment (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Scottish Building FederationAmount awarded:£250,000Project summary:Commission: Employer led training and employment pathways into construction for ex-offenders. The project will create a Scotland-wide sustainable framework of employer led learning and employment pathways into construction for ex-offenders. The project will enable employers of all sizes to partner with prisons and other services on a longer term basis and help to identify other possible interactions. By the end of the project, participants will have built a coherent framework which takes account of demand, best practice and employer incentives.
- Contextualised curriculum toolkit (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Learning resourcesProject lead:Bouygues UKAmount awarded:£300,000Project summary:Commission: Construction contextualised curriculum to improve the appeal of working in construction. The aim of the project is to develop a pan Wales construction curriculum resource that facilitates and standardises an end to end offer, which is currently only undertaken by construction companies on an ad hoc basis.
The project will support teachers and careers advisors to contextualise the curriculum by developing curriculum support and guidance and will produce resources to support C&BE Welsh Baccalaureate challenges.
- Fast track new entrant trainees from FE construction diploma courses to home building
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Sectors and roles, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Home Builders FederationAmount awarded:£210,448Project summary:The project will target FE full time construction diploma course students and encouraging them to follow a career in home building, supporting house builders to build on their existing relationships with colleges in target areas and regions to deliver a fast-track route into employment.