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Building Your Business, Doing The Job
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
North Yorkshire Construction Training Group
Amount awarded:
£36,267
Project summary:

The project will address the common obstacles faced by construction sector SME’s, and will improve the long term growth and financial sustainability of the company. The project is a business programme combining structured workshops which address generic problems and issues faced by SME’s, and bespoke one to one coaching and support

BWF research project on centres of excellence
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support
Project lead:
British Woodworking Federation
Amount awarded:
£21,000
Project summary:

The project will research and pilot a scheme to increase apprenticeship numbers, and raise the standards in the Shop Fitting sector by developing a framework of excellence and building a network that can deliver flexible training from the framework.

After the project the woodworking sector will have access to new standardised training through a network of training hubs. Access will increase over time as the network of centres of excellence grows. The framework of excellence that standardises training will be available from those hubs.

Carbon Coach Course
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Small employer support, New qualifications and courses
Project lead:
Esh Construction
Amount awarded:
£34,600
Project summary:

The project will develop a 'Carbon Coach Course', this course will be a comprehensive skills programme for construction apprenticeships, introducing the topic of carbon reduction and best practice energy management to attendees.

The project will equip the industry to respond to the 2025 objective 'Driving Carbon out of the Built Environment 2025'.

Consumer code for home builders
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support
Project lead:
Home Building Federation
Amount awarded:
£20,000
Project summary:

This project is the first of its kind, and it will provide home builders with tools to train their staff in Consumer Protection Regulation code.

This includes responsibilities to the home-buyer and their duties in informing the home-buyer about all matters that have a bearing on their purchasing decision. This will be done through both online e-learning and webinars and will enable more staff to be trained more efficiently

Creation of demolition non-specific guidance notes
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support
Project lead:
National Demolition Training Group
Amount awarded:
£17,670
Project summary:

This project will produce 5 individual demolition specific sets of guidance notes. These guidance notes will be used by the Federation members and the wider industry to assist in ensuring that the knowledge of existing demolition sector staff including new employees is up to date providing access to clear, concise and current guidance notes, which ensure continued safe working and good practice.

Developing timber frame manufacturing competence
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support
Project lead:
Structural Timber Association
Amount awarded:
£38,500
Project summary:

The project will provide new competency based training materials which have been prioritised due to immediate demand from industry. These training materials will be available for electronic use.

These workbooks will be used specifically to support the delivery of the new Scottish Modern Apprenticeship programmes in Timber Frame Manufacture and Design, and to increase the skills, capability and capacity of the timber frame manufacturing using modern methods of construction.

After the project, the workbooks will be available to download from the Structural Timber Association website for industry to access and use.

Development and delivery of environmental awareness training
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Walters UK Ltd
Amount awarded:
£9,000
Project summary:

The project will build expertise in senior management through the IEMA Accredited Environmental Awareness course and use this expertise to develop and deploy be-spoke short-duration courses.

The training will adopt a modular structure to target particular specialisms.  Developing modules rather than block courses allows the company to efficiently target specific job roles and remove non-essential content not relevant to the audience.

After the project the environmental awareness course will be developed and freely available upon request.  10 employers will have received the benefit of the training.

Impact: CSR reporting for construction SMEs
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, Digital and new technology, Leadership and management
Project lead:
National Federation of Builders
Amount awarded:
£231,945
Project summary:

Small employers often lack the skills to deliver corporate social responsibility, and so can miss the benefits to themselves and the community, including winning new contracts.

The project will develop and deliver an online diagnostic tool that identifies an organisation’s maturity in terms of corporate social responsibility.

This will help to develop participating employers’ skills and capacity in this area.

Introduction to heritage construction skills
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Learning resources, Sectors and roles, New qualifications and courses
Project lead:
Carmarthenshire Construction Training Association
Amount awarded:
£13,012
Project summary:

The project will provide training focused on heritage construction. Thirty individuals currently following NVQ2 and 3 will benefit from this training. A third of buildings in Wales were built before 1919 and are different in both the materials used and the structure as compared to modern buildings. Existing NVQ courses provide no training on make and model of old buildings. Yet it is likely that learners will be required to work on old buildings during their career. This training will ensure the preservation of heritage.

Multi-skilling in construction to address strategic industry priorities
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources
Project lead:
B4Box
Amount awarded:
£48,000
Project summary:

This project addresses the issues of supply and demand in multi-skilled training by:

  • Increasing the quality of provision and capacity to train
  • Raising awareness of the potential of multi-skilling to tackle strategic industry priorities
  • Deliver quantifiable business and employee benefits.

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