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Found 153 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.

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World class skills for off-site construction (improving skills for off-site construction)
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses
Project lead:
Manufacturing Technology Centre
Amount awarded:
£752,750
Project summary:

The project will develop targeted, innovative, quality-assured training that delivers standardised skills and knowledge for off-site manufacturing and assembly in construction.  It will use a range of blended learning solutions that draw from and build upon existing content.

Resources will be made freely available on the Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS) platform along with the skills diagnostic tool and trainer upskilling resources, underpinned by SCSS learner management systems. 

After the project MTC will achieve scalability of the developed materials through the networks within partners National Open College Network (NOCN) and Supply Chain School  NOCN will disseminate through its network of 600 providers, quality assure the materials and commit to maintaining them for at least two years after the project. Industry training materials on offsite will be freely available through the Supply Chain School website.

Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Assessing from Industry
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles
Project lead:
Cathedral Training Ltd
Amount awarded:
£33,350
Project summary:

The project will identify and upskill onsite assessors in the small and medium-sized enterprise community. This will support the development of assessment infrastructure for the demolition, plant and plastering industries across Great Britain.

Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Finishing and Interiors Assessment Project
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles
Amount awarded:
£157,000
Project summary:

This solution engages companies and the workforce in the finishes and interiors sector, by providing On-site Assessment and Training (OSAT) NVQs and identifying individuals as assessors working in conjunction with our training providers. This will be done by funding for 250 OSAT NVQs and 50 assessor qualifications.

Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Improving Onsite Assessments in Construction Skills
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles
Project lead:
North West Skills Academy Ltd
Amount awarded:
£215,740
Project summary:

This project is focused on training new assessors in Passive Fire and Finishes and Interiors

Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Lifting Quality in Plant Assessment
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles
Project lead:
King Lifting Ltd
Amount awarded:
£40,954
Project summary:

This project will allow assessors to train and develop in the areas of lifting operations, construction plant and demolition plant.
King Lifting will lead the project to train industry experts to become Vocational Qualification assessors or quality assurers, as well as CPCS testers. This is to create greater access to training/testing and assessment for the lifting, construction plant and demolition plant sectors.

Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Scaffolding Trainer and Assessor Development
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles
Project lead:
Simian Risk Management Ltd
Amount awarded:
£180,561
Project summary:

Simian are committed to extending its current scaffold training delivery, by increasing capacity and the number of courses it offers throughout Great Britain.

Assessor Infrastructure (commission) Scottish specialist contractors Training group
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Sectors and roles
Project lead:
Scottish Specialist Contractors Training Group
Amount awarded:
£32,000
Project summary:

This project sits under the commission for Assessor Infrastructure (Passive Fire)

Building Blocks
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
Sibbald Ltd.
Amount awarded:
£951,060
Project summary:

The Building Blocks project sits under the Structured Fund, Experiential Learning opportunity. It will deliver a sustainable experiential learning offer for Scotland, which will enable more universities to access the Constructionarium offer.

It will provide an expanded experiential learning offer for Scotland, which includes a static and mobile constructionarium, and will reach a wider range of beneficiaries. It will also provide an increase in the number of school teachers delivering Concrete in the Classroom to help feed into the talent pipeline for the sector.

Construction Live: experiential learning for the construction industry
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
Bridgwater & Taunton College
Amount awarded:
£499,999
Project 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 Construction Live offer, an increase in the number of universities engaged in Construction Live and an increase in the number of projects available to industry.

Constructionarium Ltd – transition to a sustainable future
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
Constructionarium Ltd
Amount awarded:
£535,000
Project 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.

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