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Multi-skilling in construction to address strategic industry priorities

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Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:

Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources

Project lead:

B4Box

Partners:

University of Salford, Stockport Homes

Location:

England

Amount awarded:

£48,000

Year:

2016

Sector:

Infrastructure, Housing, Commercial, Specialist

Project summary:

This project addresses the issues of supply and demand in multi-skilled training by:

Increasing the quality of provision and capacity to train
Raising awareness of the potential of multi-skilling to tackle strategic industry priorities
Deliver quantifiable business and employee benefits.

Expected output:

Train 2 employees to become multi-skilled assessors
Train 6 new entrants to become multi-skilled operatives
Produce research report showing productivity benefits of multi-skilling.

Start Date:

01 Feb 2016

Planned end date:

31 Aug 2017

End of project summary

The project finished in November 2017. All training was completed increasing B4Box's workforce productivity and their capacity to offer multiskilled training internally and externally.

A research report is available to support the value of a multi-skilled approach in construction.

Resources available

Research report: Multi-skilling in construction to address strategic industry priorities (PDF, 597KB)

CITB case study