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Found 29 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.
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- Building the future
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Small employer support, New qualifications and courses, Leadership and managementProject lead:North West Contractors Training GroupAmount awarded:£52,400Project summary:The project will build capacity in the North West by adding onto the existing services the North West Contractors Training Group offers to its members. These services will deliver business improvement through a toolkit containing 12 modules. These 12 modules will be piloted through a series of workshops designed to support members in the delivery of this toolkit to their employees.
- Carbon Coach Course
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Small employer support, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Esh ConstructionAmount awarded:£34,600Project 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'.
- Construction Collaborative Leadership Framework
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, Leadership and management, New qualifications and courses, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Scottish Building FederationAmount awarded:£120,840Project summary:The project will deliver a radical approach to collaborative leadership based on existing and emerging global best practice models fit for this connected and potentially disruptive world. It will collaborate with key stakeholders to develop joint solutions on skills gaps, industry and societal challenges. The collaboration will result in a framework aligned to the challenges and opportunities facing the industry and its position in the wider society.
- Development and delivery of environmental awareness training
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Leadership and managementProject lead:Walters UK LtdAmount awarded:£9,000Project 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.
- My home – assess and train 900 engineers nationwide
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Willmott DixonAmount awarded:£50,000Project summary:The project will design a programme to assess and to train over 900 engineers nationwide to support them in developing skills needed to be a property maintenance engineer.
After the project industry efficiency will be increased by reducing travel time and ensuring jobs are completed on a first visit basis. This will increase customer satisfaction.
The resources used to achieve this will be available for industry to use.
- Sewer lining operative training programme
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Sectors and roles, Small employer support, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Peter Duffy LtdAmount awarded:£34,191Project summary:The project will design, develop and pilot a training and upskilling programme. This programme will train new entrants under an apprentice framework, and upskill existing staff.
The programme will be based around a new NVQ diploma for “Trenchless Technology Operatives” which is linked to a CSCS skilled worker card.
- Digital Construction BIM: The Next Generation
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Sectors and roles, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:National Federation of BuildersAmount awarded:£572,720Project summary:This programme will work with SME Tier 1 contractors to identify ten construction projects which will be delivered incorporating BIM technologies and processes across the supply chain.
It will develop and deliver a baseline maturity assessment for collaborative working and BIM, identify the skills and training required to deliver a live BIM project; creating the technical and cultural environment to develop, implement and manage a common data environment on the projects, incorporate BIM and Lean principles to ensure effective and efficient project delivery.
After the project, a skills diagnostic will be available for construction employers to discover the BIM maturity of their organisation. The tool will go on to signpost to training, based on Government BIM standards, to address gaps. A leadership programme will be available to undertake BIM transformation in construction businesses. Additional support will be available in best practice documentation. These materials will have been tested through the supply chains of 10 Tier 1 contractors.
- Supply chain school – strategic partnership
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:SKANSKA - on behalf of supply chain partnersAmount awarded:£2,510,496Project summary:The project delivers a 5 year strategic collaboration with the CITB as a trusted advisor on skills issues within the sector to significantly increase the level of training within the supply chain and help to promote and enable innovation.
A longer term relationship will allow the School Partners to plan more strategically, innovate, foster collaboration and offer an opportunity to work with our supply chains to both close the skills gap and address skills shortages.
After the project industry will have access to a free online learning platform where they can undertake skills diagnostics and access knowledge / training under the subjects of offsite, sustainability and BIM.
Contractors will be able, through membership, to access aggregated and anonymous data on the performance of their supply chain members that engage with the learning platform. Over 20,000 learning interventions will have been delivered to the construction workforce.
- The Manse Skills Academy - Withdrawn
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:New qualifications and coursesProject lead:GMG ContractorsAmount awarded:£49,153Project summary:The project will deliver a bespoke skills academy in the east end of Glasgow. This facility will have a range of activities delivered on the premises, which will include SVQ level 2 roofing & tiling award, a new learning module developed in partnership with CITB and our local college. The Academy will be able to respond to training GMG registered apprentices at very short notice, ie when the weather is inclement and they are sent off site.
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