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Developing Digital Leadership Skills in Construction SMEs (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
Funding theme:

Training and development

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Digital and new technology, Learning resources, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Gloucestershire Construction Training Group
Amount awarded:
£48,000
Project summary:

This project will help leaders of small and medium employers identify digital solutions that increase productivity by exploring repetitive, time consuming process and other areas of waste, and identify digital solutions. Solutions will be taken through a process of product identification, benefit analysis, change management and implementation.

It will do this through discussion-led training and workshops, discovery sessions to identify new solutions and a 'digital board room' where participating leaders can collaborate and discuss best practice in business improvement.

After the project, all the materials used in delivery and guidance on the approach will be made freely available on an online platform. This will disseminated through the wider training group network so that others can emulate the approach. The digital boardroom will continue to be available for leaders to share best practice in digital adoption.

Developing Leaders
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, New qualifications and courses, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Geo. Houlton & Sons
Amount awarded:
£15,671
Project summary:

The project will deliver a programme of leadership training to management teams, which will enable people to be more effective in their management roles and empower them to be a good role model for the Houlton way of doing business.

Carbon Coach Course
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Small employer support, New qualifications and courses
Project lead:
Esh Construction
Amount awarded:
£34,600
Project 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'.

Right to Work training videos
Funding theme:

Innovation

Funding topic:
Changing industry culture, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, Leadership and management
Project lead:
Fortem Solutions (formerly Willmott Dixon Partnerships)
Amount awarded:
£18,441
Project summary:

The Right to Work project is aimed at providing construction businesses, and their entire supply chain with accessible training on how to check the ‘right to work’ status of all their employees thereby preventing illegal working and any modern slavery/trafficking activities.

The method for communicating this information will be via video. This video can be hosted on the CITB website or CITB YouTube channels, allowing access to everyone in the industry, large or small.