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Scotland Tasters Commission
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Careers and recruitment
Project lead:
The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures
Amount awarded:
£280,000
Project summary:

This commission will develop, identify, evaluate, and increase the number and quality of work tasters specific to the construction industry in Scotland. The Tasters will be embedded into Scottish Careers processes. The Tasters will promote construction as an aspirational career path to support individuals make good career choices. This will include more people from a greater diverse background including those without a connection to construction are inspired to pursue a career in this Industry.

A suite of guidance documents will be developed to give clarity to employers on how to deliver a good quality taster including taster plans for large and small construction sites and across key skill areas. As part of the project 32 regions will be covered in the development and roll-out of Tasters to comply with Scottish Government legislation to provide support to isolated communities such as Shetland.

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - North of England
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
The OM Group
Amount awarded:
£1,871,700
Project summary:

The OM Group was established over 14 years ago as a national provider of health and safety consultancy and training for the Construction and Build Environment sector. We have extensive real-life experience in the industry, which informs the training courses and programmes that we deliver. This allows us to provide relevant and authentic, practical advice and guidance to all our clients. Our approach is to ensure that employers in the industry understand the benefits of providing their front-line managers, Site Managers and Site Supervisors with Leadership and Management skills, to enable those individuals to make informed decisions that positively impact productivity, safety and commercial outcomes for both construction projects and the business in which they work.

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - Scotland
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
The OM Group
Amount awarded:
£1,113,250
Project summary:

The OM Group was established over 14 years ago as a national provider of health and safety consultancy and training for the Construction and Build Environment sector. We have extensive real-life experience in the industry, which informs the training courses and programmes that we deliver. This allows us to provide relevant and authentic, practical advice and guidance to all our clients. Our approach is to ensure that employers in the industry understand the benefits of providing their front-line managers, Site Managers and Site Supervisors with Leadership and Management skills, to enable those individuals to make informed decisions that positively impact productivity, safety and commercial outcomes for both construction projects and the business in which they work

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - The OM Group
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
The OM Group
Amount awarded:
£1,593,400
Project summary:

The OM Group was established over 14 years ago as a national provider of health and safety consultancy and training for the Construction and Build Environment sector. We have extensive real-life experience in the industry, which informs the training courses and programmes that we deliver. This allows us to provide relevant and authentic, practical advice and guidance to all our clients. Our approach is to ensure that employers in the industry understand the benefits of providing their front-line managers, Site Managers and Site Supervisors with Leadership and Management skills, to enable those individuals to make informed decisions that positively impact productivity, safety and commercial outcomes for both construction projects and the business in which they work

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - MKC Training
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
MKC Training
Amount awarded:
£2,166,095
Project summary:

MKC Training (MKCT) was originally formed in 2008 to provide skills training to the Royal Engineers at the Royal School of Military Engineering (Construction Engineer School) based in Medway, Kent. With considerable expertise in trade and management skills, gained over decades, we now provide a full range of award-winning learner-centric training services to construction and engineering businesses and other sectors, providing expertise in the full learning cycle from needs analysis through to delivery and evaluation.

Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - Danny Sullivan and Sons Ltd
Funding theme:

Training and Development

Funding topic:
Leadership and management
Project lead:
Danny Sullivan and Sons Ltd
Amount awarded:
£1,686,690
Project summary:

As one of the UK’s leading labour suppliers working across all major UK Infrastructure Projects, the partnership between Danny Sullivan and Sons Ltd and Deere Apprenticeships Ltd believes we have the ability to engage with an array of employers from major Tier 1 Contractors to SME’s seeking to grow the competency and skillset of their workforce. Through utilisation of our collaborative resources and an aligned marketing strategy, we forecast strong engagement from both individuals and organisations seeking to avail of this brilliant CITB initiative to tackle the ever-present skills shortage in our industry.

Brickwork Masterclasses
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles, Small employer support
Project lead:
Home Builders federation
Amount awarded:
£258,450
Project summary:

Brickwork Masterclasses, a Home Building Skills Partnership initiative delivered by NHBC in partnership with the Association of Brickwork Contractors (ABC) and funded by CITB, are designed to deliver practical skills and knowledge on the most common brickwork issues found by our inspection teams. Delivered by our highly skilled and experienced NHBC Building Inspectors, we will discuss practical guidance on improving quality and standards and how to promote awareness of good practice on site. Sessions can be delivered on or near your site provided that a suitable room is available to seat the attendees, such as a large site office or canteen.

Creating high quality on and off-site training courses for Bricklayers based on new standards
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles, New qualifications and courses
Project lead:
The Association of Brickwork Contractors
Amount awarded:
£398,822
Project summary:

Creating high quality on and off-site training courses for Bricklayers, through the launch of 16 ATO delivered short duration training courses, provided by the ABC Assessment Centre.

The training courses will be written directly by bricklaying employers to target bricklayers on a nationwide scale. The areas of skill covered by the training courses have been determined by employers because of their relevancy to Modern Methods of Construction and to address the lack of skills seen from bricklayers and trainees on their sites.

Wellbeing in Construction
Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:
Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Changing industry culture
Project lead:
Laing O'Rourke
Amount awarded:
£444,996
Project summary:

Through the development and delivery of a mental health and wellbeing digital learning hub and supporting digital campaign, hard to reach (micro-organisations) in the construction industry will be better equipped to manage mental health, wellbeing and resilience issues that they encounter in the workplace.

Laing O’Rourke, in collaboration and partnership with other Construction Companies and Trade Organisations, will engage the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and The Samaritans to develop a Wellbeing & Resilience Hub. The aim is to raise awareness, develop skills and inform construction workers of themes of wellbeing, mental health and resilience. Specifically, the project will 'target' individuals who work for smaller businesses, and those classed as hard to reach. The project will work with the Samaritans to deliver a marketing campaign to drive traffic to the digital hub, increasing participation and long-term engagement. 

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.

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