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Structural Concrete Alliance Training & Assessment Scheme
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Sectors and roles, Small employer support
Project lead:
Structural Concrete Alliance
Amount awarded:
£18,550
Project summary:

To increase the number of assessors within specified sectors.

Assessors and IQAs will be recruited and trained to provide assessment resource for the trades covered under the Structural Concrete Alliance . Consequently , the number of assessors available in the industry and assessors via IQAs will increase, this will result in an increase in qualified leaners to NVQ standard linked to the three trade represented within the Alliance.

Timewise: Designing Flexible Career Pathways in Construction
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Leadership and management, Small employer support
Project lead:
Build UK
Amount awarded:
£30,000
Project summary:

The Timewise: Designing Flexible Career Pathways in Construction project will work with several major contractors and their supply chains to gain new insight into how to make flexible working work in the construction industry, by designing and piloting new approaches to flexible working construction sites and in HQ offices, in order to evaluate, codify and share insights to create roadmap for wider change in the industry.

Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital future (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Productivity and new ways of working, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
National Federation of Builders
Amount awarded:
£103,767
Project summary:

The project will deliver digital change in construction companies by upskilling leaders by developing three leadership training programmes that adopt an action learning approach. 
This method delivers change through achievable cycles of learn / test / do / review that allow leaders to undertake gradual stages of digital adoption, learn through the process but also taking practical steps to digitalise during the training. These programmes will increase adaptive capability and approaches to unlock and exploit digital opportunities within the sector.

Each training programme is proposed to be accredited with ILM at L3 (team level); L5 (departmental level); L7 (organisational level). The project aims to ensure training is eligible for grant funding as an exit strategy. 48 construction companies will each put two leaders through the programme. This will help to unlock digital change at strategic and operational levels of a business.

After the project participating employers will have taken measurable steps to digitalisation. The qualifications will be available for industry to access and benefit from. NFB will follow process to ensure they are eligible for grant funding.

Building Mental Health MHFA Instructors CPD Awareness Training
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Laing O Rourke
Amount awarded:
£105,400
Project summary:

This project will allow the 288 Instructors trained through the Building Mental Health MHFA Instructor Training Programme currently funded by CITB to attend CPD Mental Health Awareness training with MHFA England.

It will allow the instructors to deliver the full suite of mental health training within their organisations/subcontractors to maximise their effectiveness.

Modernise Specialist Applied Skills Programme (SAP)
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Digital and new technology, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Learning resources
Project lead:
DSA
Amount awarded:
£140,228
Project summary:

This project will redevelop and deliver the Drilling and Sawing Association Specialist Applied Programme to meet the needs of millennials that are considering a career within the Construction Industry.

It will use the introduction of new technologies, such as, E-Learning platforms to include Digital imaging (videos & presentations), Functional Skills and App's to support learning and portfolio building to enhance the engagement of newcomers into the industry.

Asbestos in soil E-learning training package
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Digital and new technology, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses
Project lead:
Kier
Amount awarded:
£55,240
Project summary:
  • To develop e-training modules as part of training for people who will knowingly disturb asbestos, that is doing non-licensable work (NLW) and the annual refresher training. It can be used as a standalone training tool and also complementary to current format of training that most people is receiving. 
  • To develop a way to assess the impact of the e-training after it is launched.
Assessor training and certification: Development of present employees
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles
Project lead:
Ayrshire Coatings Ltd
Amount awarded:
£8,560
Project summary:

An employer-led project to increase availability of on-site assessment provision in the Finishing sector, in Scotland and North England. This employer will upskill 3 employees to become qualified assessors through working in partnership with Ayrshire Construction Training Group.

Developing Digital Leadership Skills in Construction SMEs (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Gloucestershire Construction Training Group
Amount awarded:
£48,000
Project summary:

This project will help leaders of small and medium employers identify digital solutions that increase productivity by exploring repetitive, time consuming process and other areas of waste, and identify digital solutions. Solutions will be taken through a process of product identification, benefit analysis, change management and implementation.

It will do this through discussion-led training and workshops, discovery sessions to identify new solutions and a 'digital board room' where participating leaders can collaborate and discuss best practice in business improvement.

After the project, all the materials used in delivery and guidance on the approach will be made freely available on an online platform. This will disseminated through the wider training group network so that others can emulate the approach. The digital boardroom will continue to be available for leaders to share best practice in digital adoption.

Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital future (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Leadership and management
Project lead:
National Federation of Builders
Amount awarded:
£103,767
Project summary:

The project will deliver digital change in construction companies by upskilling leaders by developing three leadership training programmes that adopt an action learning approach.

This method delivers change through achievable cycles of learn / test / do / review that allow leaders to undertake gradual stages of digital adoption, learn through the process but also taking practical steps to digitalise during the training. These programmes will increase adaptive capability and approaches to unlock and exploit digital opportunities within the sector.

Each training programme is proposed to be accredited with ILM at L3 (team level); L5 (departmental level); L7 (organisational level). The project aims to ensure training is eligible for grant funding as an exit strategy. 48 construction companies will each put two leaders through the programme. This will help to unlock digital change at strategic and operational levels of a business.

After the project participating employers will have taken measurable steps to digitalisation. The qualifications will be available for industry to access and benefit from. NFB will follow process to ensure they are eligible for grant funding.

BeResilient
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
National Federation of Builders
Amount awarded:
£145,401
Project summary:

This project will increase awareness and understanding amongst small employers of the importance of organisational resilience; develop the skills and capacity to implement it with five employers and develop an approach, which enables the effective implementation of organisational resilience across the sector, which can be sustained beyond the life of this project. 

The project will develop learning materials and toolkits to BS6500 standards, and pilot these in the sector.

After the project, the gap analysis tool will be freely available for organisations to map their resilience and identify training tools to address the gaps.  The project will have piloted organisations adopting the 'BeResilient' framework and will share its learning on best practice in doing so.