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- England Construction Opportunities - NFRC
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:NFRCAmount awarded:£168,293Project summary:"NFRC Roofing Careers Service supports roofing employer members and their current and future employees through the entire careers cycle. We are committed to promote roofing as a skilled, professional sector within the wider construction industry. The careers service is completely free to use (for members and non-members) and is a valuable and evolving resource for Young People, Employers, Parents and Career changers to come together in one place for careers information, guidance and signposting.
Once a new entrant has secured employment, challenges that cannot be immediately addressed can be managed through the ECO project, using the individual learning plan’s agreed support and actions, with tailored support provided by NFRC (including facilitating referrals to the employees’ barrier-specific support agencies including our free counselling services or free legal, tax and HR support service provided by ARAG) to support both the employee and their employer.
NFRC would brief the employer on buddy requirements (individual identified for this role as soon as possible – ideally during the recruitment of the employee). Once the buddy is identified, NFRC will brief the buddy and ensure that they are fully committed to delivering their responsibilities and are aware of their involvement requirements. " - England Construction Opportunities - WMCA
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:WMCAAmount awarded:£347,306Project summary:"At the West Midlands Combined Authority employer engagement is managed through a golden thread from Local Authority and WMCA Section 106 social value agreements for new entrant employment. Regionally, WMCA and its partners are members of the SEEC Group for HS2/BBV main works and Lendlease Perry Barr and Smithfield programmes which will run for the period and beyond the ECO programme. WMCA providers also jointly run on site training hubs established with employers following WMCA holding CSF1 contracts, establishing sustainable on site hubs with Lendlease, Willmott Dixon and John Sisk.
WMCA intention is to maintain our Construction Gateway brand and then offer to specific resident progressors, employers and labour supply partners the ECO offer where it can be established there are risks to retention when individuals are engaged but ECO will also be offered to residents as a voluntary opt in offer to assist with their transition to sector employment, especially where they are recruited from a disadvantaged group eg. care leaver, female, ex-offender. Pipeline vacancy activity in the WMCA region includes over 250 construction projects in Birmingham as well as an equal amount across our other local authorities including our extension to midland metro civil engineering, our residential house building programme, part funded by Homes England and direct and indirect activity required for HS2 including 4 new railway stations and our SPRINT 2 programme following the Commonwealth Games.
WMCA work closely with their training providers preparing the individuals for the job opportunity and as part of this framework ALL training providers must also offer free e-learning in specific areas of identified weakness for new entrant sector retention eg. mental health training as well as 24-hour access line support from partner organisations. All employers supporting ECO will also need to commit to an in work coach to assist individuals when training organisations are not accessible on site. The ECO fund will enable WMCA to co-ordinate this work and retain individuals in the West Midland construction community. " - England Construction Opportunities - Women into Construction
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Women into ConstructionAmount awarded:£98,247Project summary:"Women into Construction currently has over 100 Corporate members across the UK with good representation from Main and Specialist Construction Contractors, Housing Developers and Recruitment Agencies – all of which are consistently looking to recruit women to their businesses. Currently there are over 2000 live vacancies on offer for our female participants, ranging from entry level roles such as site operatives and traffic marshals to site management, commercial and health and safety roles at supervisory and higher levels.
Home building and railway infrastructure are key subsectors for demand – hence our planned programmes with the Home Builders Federation and HS2 in the coming year. WiC continue to work with all their existing employers and their subcontractors as London Tideway comes to an end and the employment moves to HS2 and other major developers such as Landsec and The Guiness Partnership with projects including Leaside Lock, 21 Moorfields and N2Nova.
Work continues in the West Midlands with HS2 the big driver as well as St Mowden Homes and Citizen Housing. In the East we are working with Morgan Sindall, Lovell and Sizewell C and in the South West with the Guiness Partnership and the Hill Group
By providing additional resource post job start, this new project will allow WiC to extend our in-work support services to women and their employers to tackle the gender bias in the sector and support more women to sustain meaningful employment and careers in construction.
The delivery model designed for this project has been developed following client feedback and focus groups to explore and address these specific issues facing women currently working in construction. Women asked for coaching and mentoring, conflict training, support when entering management roles and a peer network for emotional and career support. Employers asked for practical solutions to support women sustain employment and progress in their businesses. " - Scottish Academy Construction Opportunities - Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Comhairle Nan Eilean SiarAmount awarded:£772,843Project summary:"This is a joint Island venture with the Western Isles, Shetland and Orkney local authorities. As island groupings with more than 80% of micro employers, anticipated levels of high unemployment, an aging population and an aging workforce, support with recruitment, accreditation and training is commonly reported to be an increasing problem. The Island employers need to encourage people to live, earn and learn locally. Across the islands, the demand for construction skills aligned to a just transition to net zero and wider environmental/sustainability will be critical to reach the commitments set out in the Islands Growth Deal. Key projects that will require increased access to construction skills from 2023-2033 include: Orkney Islands Centre for Net Zero, Orkney Research and Innovation Campus Phase 2, World Heritage Site Gateway Project, Scapa Flow Future Fuels Hub, Creative Islands Wellbeing, Transmission Cable and Community Wind Farm projects. Shetland Dales Voe Decommissioning, Saxa Vord Space Centre, Hydrogen and Offshore Wind Developments, Sandveien Redevelopment, Energy Isles Wind Farm, Staney Hill Housing, New Gilbert Bain Hospital, Fair Isle Ferry Western Isles Deep Water Port, Stornoway Primary, HHP Housing, Lochmaddy Uist Ferry Port, Barra and Vatersay Community Campus, Water supply Upgrade, Wind Farm expansion,,Spaceport – Uist
Along with the many capital works that have been identified, there are a large volume of repairs, maintenance, house building and smaller commercial builds. As the islands are experiencing an influx of tourism the islands infrastructure needs upgrading. Without new major investment into new people into the construction industry we are going to reach crisis point. Funding opportunities like this are pivotal to the future success of our economy and communities. A training officer will be assigned to work with the individuals and the employers and the project will aim to have identified buddies on each site who can work with the participants and be that person who shows them the ropes and gives them a better understanding of the roles within construction. Experienced Apprentices are often good models for shadowing new entrants as they are fresh enough to remember what it is like to be the new person and have enough experience to give them valuable advice and guidance. " - Scottish Academy Construction Opportunities - Barnardos
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:BarnardosAmount awarded:£665,950Project summary:Barnado’s has established links with employers Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Balfour Beatty and Kier and all the Construction group networks in the Highlands which they will utilise to train and support individuals into employment. Barnardo’s Works ETS has specialist knowledge and vast experience in meeting the needs of its clients to help them progress and evolve in their employment. Balfour Beatty is already working in collaboration with Barnardo’s Works through its Community Benefit initiative via its contract with the Scottish Prison Service. Through the SACO project we will offer Regular “touch points” - telephone/e-mail, formally recorded reviews and face to face contact visits at various points of the new entrants journey, mentor support – the offer of delivery of mentor training to employers and new managers to assist with supporting a new entrant into employment.
- Virtual Taster
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Careers Collective LtdAmount awarded:£29,950Project summary:The Virtual tasters project will develop a standard and quality that positively promotes construction as an aspirational career path and is engaging and informative to support individuals to consider a career in construction.
Careers Collective Ltd will work in close collaboration with Education providers Experience Hubs to ensure the virtual tasters are aligned to their needs, and the outputs from this commission can be successfully incorporated into the Onsite Experience programme and that virtual tasters can be rolled-out to a wider audience within the construction industry.
- Scotland Tasters Commission
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and ManufacturesAmount awarded:£280,000Project 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.
- Creating high quality on and off-site training courses for Bricklayers based on new standards
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:The Association of Brickwork ContractorsAmount awarded:£398,822Project 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
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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 cultureProject lead:Laing O'RourkeAmount awarded:£444,996Project 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.
- Timewise: Designing Flexible Career Pathways in Construction
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Leadership and management, Small employer supportProject lead:Build UKAmount awarded:£30,000Project 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.