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Found 188 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.
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- Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Lifting Quality in Plant Assessment
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and rolesProject lead:King Lifting LtdAmount awarded:£40,954Project summary:This project will allow assessors to train and develop in the areas of lifting operations, construction plant and demolition plant.
King Lifting will lead the project to train industry experts to become Vocational Qualification assessors or quality assurers, as well as CPCS testers. This is to create greater access to training/testing and assessment for the lifting, construction plant and demolition plant sectors. - Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - NVQ Assessment Programme
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and rolesProject lead:DMR Training & Consultancy LtdAmount awarded:£75,840Project summary:DMR Training & Consultancy Limited (DMR) is proposing to extend its current NVQ qualification assessment service to employers in the finishing and interiors and plant operations sectors, by increasing its capacity and training and assessment service throughout Great Britain. DMR is proposing to support employers in the 2 sectors to address their skills gaps. This will result in the recruitment of new assessors and Internal Quality Assurance staff (IQA’s), the re-deployment of existing assessors and an investment in the skills, qualifications and professional development of new and existing assessors. DMR will offer employers the opportunity for new and existing employees to undertake nationally recognised NVQ qualifications as part of employee development and upskilling arrangements with directed training support made available, as required.
- Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Scaffolding Trainer and Assessor Development
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and rolesProject lead:Simian Risk Management LtdAmount awarded:£180,561Project summary:Simian are committed to extending its current scaffold training delivery, by increasing capacity and the number of courses it offers throughout Great Britain.
- Assessment Infrastructure (commission) - Seymour Civils Academy
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and rolesProject lead:Seymour Civil Engineering Contractors LtdAmount awarded:£54,111Project summary:Seymour Civil Engineering Contractors Limited are currently establishing a Civils Training Academy where General Construction Apprenticeships and Study programmes will be delivered in partnership with Hartlepool College of Further Education.
The Academy will also provide NPORS (the National Plant Operations Registration Scheme) accredited training in Plant operations alongside Health and Safety qualifications by its own qualified and dedicated trainers.
They aim to provide NVQs in Plant operations as well as to increase the number of skilled operatives in the North East and Yorkshire regions.
They want to upskill Seymour CEC Operatives to become assessors and increase availability of on-site assessments. They will support other employers by extending this service to small, medium and large employers.
- Assessor Infrastructure (commission) Scottish specialist contractors Training group
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Sectors and rolesProject lead:Scottish Specialist Contractors Training GroupAmount awarded:£32,000Project summary:This project sits under the commission for Assessor Infrastructure (Passive Fire)
- Building Blocks
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Sibbald Ltd.Amount awarded:£951,060Project summary:The Building Blocks project sits under the Structured Fund, Experiential Learning opportunity. It will deliver a sustainable experiential learning offer for Scotland, which will enable more universities to access the Constructionarium offer.
It will provide an expanded experiential learning offer for Scotland, which includes a static and mobile constructionarium, and will reach a wider range of beneficiaries. It will also provide an increase in the number of school teachers delivering Concrete in the Classroom to help feed into the talent pipeline for the sector.
- Construction Live: experiential learning for the construction industry
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Bridgwater & Taunton CollegeAmount awarded:£499,999Project summary:This project sits under the structured fund experiential learning opportunity and will deliver a sustainable experiential learning offer for England.
This will enable more universities to access the Construction Live offer, an increase in the number of universities engaged in Construction Live and an increase in the number of projects available to industry.
- Constructionarium Ltd – transition to a sustainable future
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:Constructionarium LtdAmount awarded:£535,000Project summary:This project sits under the structured fund, experiential learning opportunity and will deliver a sustainable experiential learning offer for England.
This will enable more universities to access the Constructionarium offer and will result in an increase in the number of universities engaged in Constructionarium. The project will also create a new experiential learning scenario that can be shared with wider industry.
- Developing a Training and Accreditation Scheme for Ecological Clerks of Works
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Balfour BeattyAmount awarded:£119,820Project summary:This project is the development of a training and accreditation scheme for ecological clerks of works on construction sites (Site Ecologists). Clients, contractors and the ecology profession will work collaboratively to agree the required competencies and set standards. A comprehensive training and assessment programme leading to accredited status will enable a sustainable supply of confident and well-trained ecological clerks of works able to meet the increasing supply needs of the construction industry.
- Matching construction theory with practice
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:WRW Construction Ltd.Amount awarded:£1,129,346Project summary:The project has three key threads, addressing directly the school, FE and HE sectors.
In partnership with Microsoft, the first thread targeting primary school teachers will use the Minecraft Virtual construction scenario to stimulate and encourage school-age children to consider careers in the built environment. Strong support from Microsoft will lead to UK-wide Minecraft ‘clubs’ creating a nationwide exposure to STEM and the construction industry in particular.
A second thread will establish two fixed site ‘hub’ facilities enabling practical reinforcement and integration with students’ learning experience.
A third thread will implement a mobile facility to enable cost-effective engagement over a wider geographical area from each hub. Each mobile unit will provide typically three-day events based in FE/HE institutions.
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