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- Scaffolding Instructors
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Funding theme:
Training and Development
Funding topic:Project lead:Construction Industry Scaffolder Record Scheme (CISRS)Amount awarded:£250,383Project summary:There is strong demand for additional CISRS qualified scaffolders to support the level of current and
upcoming housebuilding, energy retrofit and infrastructure work, and this is expected to grow in the
coming years. Based upon current levels of Scaffold training through the Construction Industry
Scaffolder Record Scheme (CISRS) in GB there may be difficulty meeting delivery demand in the
future. There are several factors that contribute to this issue with the two main ones are listed below:- The number of Industry accredited CISRS centres in certain regions does not meet the training
demand - The number of accredited instructors within the industry does not maximise the capacity at
every accredited centre. This project aims to increase the number of Scaffolding Instructors to ensure there are enough instructors for the centres.
- The number of Industry accredited CISRS centres in certain regions does not meet the training
- 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.
- Leadership and Management Direct Delivery - North of England
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Funding theme:
Training and Development
Funding topic:Leadership and managementProject lead:The OM GroupAmount awarded:£1,871,700Project 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
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Funding theme:
Training and Development
Funding topic:Leadership and managementProject lead:The OM GroupAmount awarded:£1,113,250Project 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 - Wales
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Funding theme:
Training and Development
Funding topic:Leadership and managementProject lead:The OM GroupAmount awarded:£709,000Project 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
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Funding theme:
Training and Development
Funding topic:Leadership and managementProject lead:The OM GroupAmount awarded:£1,593,400Project 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
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Funding theme:
Training and Development
Funding topic:Leadership and managementProject lead:MKC TrainingAmount awarded:£2,166,095Project 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
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Funding theme:
Training and Development
Funding topic:Leadership and managementProject lead:Danny Sullivan and Sons LtdAmount awarded:£1,686,690Project 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.
- Digital leaders: taking action on construction’s digital future (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
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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 managementProject lead:National Federation of BuildersAmount awarded:£103,767Project 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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