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- Supporting behavioural change within the UK’s aviation infrastructure
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Sectors and roles, Small employer supportProject lead:National Association of Shop-fittersAmount awarded:£81,000Project summary:The project will deliver the CITB's Achieving Behavioural Change (ABC) programme. This essential programme:
- covers legal duties of employers and employees
- defines hazards, risks and control measures
- lists possible causes of accidents
- helps employees understand the link between attitude and behaviour, the costs of poor safety performance, the benefits of good safety performance and how to put ABC into practice.
After the end of the project, workers in the Manchester airport Group Estate will have achieved the training and will have the skill-sets to improve safety in the working environment.
- Woodworking Centres of Excellence
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:New qualifications and courses, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, Digital and new technology, Leadership and management, Productivity and new ways of workingProject lead:British Woodworking FederationAmount awarded:£58,670Project summary:The project will develop a network of Centres of Excellence across the UK to support training in Joinery, Shop-fitting and Interior Contracting using new apprenticeship standards as the bedrock Using this network to ensure all units can be offered and ensuring curriculums are up to date and standardised by providing ‘bolt-on’ modules.
After the project more wood workers will have the skills to operate CNC machinery, and the capacity for further people to upskill will be increased through the network of centres of excellence.
- Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (Phase 3)
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:Civil Engineering Contractors AssociationAmount awarded:£751,442Project summary:The project will build individual, organisational and industry knowledge of Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) in the workplace. This product can also be used as a catalyst to achieve cultural change. This will be achieved through the development of FIR training resources, upskilling of FIR ambassadors, managing a network of training and delivery workshops, building a sustainable funding model which will support the continuation of this project when the funding period ends.
- Master Ground Worker Programme
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:NATTA Building Company LtdAmount awarded:£61,885Project summary:The project will pilot and test a programme of training which will instil the latest technical and practical skills in the ground working sector, an area which is increasingly focussing on environmental and technical concerns. It will develop and deliver a L2 / L3 pilot Master Ground Working training programme that incorporates and expands on core components of Level 2 Programme in Civils Framework & L3 Machinery Maintenance with essential additional courses and qualifications needed for an up to date Ground worker role.
- Sherford Skills
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Taylor Wimpey (Exeter)Amount awarded:£262,050Project summary:The project will deliver a range of training and development interventions. The aim of this project is to deliver skills to construction firms working on Sherford Town which is being built outside Plymouth. This new town build is putting pressure on traditional house-building occupations in the area.
It requires specific skills due to the specialist building techniques being used on the site. These specialist skills include: English Bond Bricklaying, Traditional roofing Styles, Sash Windows, Dry Lining and Sealant operatives.
After the project, the local workforce will have been skilled to deliver the unique construction methods required to deliver a keystone regional project. Ex-military will have been given a pathway into construction and the opportunity to secure work.
- Fairness, Inclusion and Respect Toolkit – Stage 2
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, Leadership and management, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Civil Engineering Contractors AssociationAmount awarded:£222,400Project summary:The project will further develop an employer toolkit which will result in the creation of an inclusive and diverse workforce. Leaders and Managers from main contractors and their supply chains will receive the training and development to embed FIR principles into their project delivery and workforce management strategies.
- A day’s work from an alternative viewpoint - to encourage disabled people into construction
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Digital and new technology, Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Mitie Property ServicesAmount awarded:£191,824Project summary:The project will support 60 disabled adults across Scotland and England into employment in the construction industry through a programme of mentoring, structured training and work experience programme.
- BIM4Education
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Neighbourhood Services LtdAmount awarded:£454,984Project summary:The project will improve the knowledge and capacity of school teachers and Post 16 tutors in built environment subjects to teach Building Information Modelling (BIM). BIM4Education will coordinate Centre of Excellence hubs linked to DEC& BIM accreditation. Employers, Educational Professionals and Learners will work together to explore solutions to built environment, civil & design problems.
- Career Changers (Commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Careers and recruitment, Learning resources, Sectors and rolesProject lead:Encon Construction LtdAmount awarded:£256,266Project summary:This project will develop and deliver a pathway, transferable across the sector, for career changers to enter the construction industry. As part of the project - 20 women will achieve a L2/3 qualification in the specified trades; A comprehensive Best Practice Guide will be produced; 50 mentors will be trained, including 10 achieving a higher level qualification (train the trainer); A minimum of 10 different companies will received 'Unconscious Bias' training, with feedback as to how this has changed their perceptions; A minimum of 10 different companies will receive 'Agile' training, with feedback as to how this has changed their perceptions.
- Increasing female trade apprentices and operatives in the social housing sector
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Small employer supportProject lead:Mears LtdAmount awarded:£340,455Project summary:The project will encourage more women to consider construction as a positive career choice by increasing employment of social housing tenants and those from the local community.
This employment will be created in the social housing or building maintenance sector.
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