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Found 65 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.
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- Quality and safety in the highway – backfilling the excavation
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Learning resources, Sectors and rolesProject lead:Energy and Utility SkillsAmount awarded:£51,830Project summary:The project is the third and final stage of a set of three projects which have piloted a series of short videos These videos communicate key information on the topic of safety at work.
The aim of these videos is to influence behaviour and reduce accidents on site to develop a learning resource which is flexible, can be delivered on site with minimal resource, and can be embedded into existing training practices through the Utilities Contractors Training Group membership.
- Supporting contracting businesses to use CNC within shop fitting
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Digital and new technology, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:National Association of Shop-fittersAmount awarded:£82,277Project summary:The project will address recent significant demand to utilise new technological advances in CNC machinery in Shopfitting, Interior Construction and Wood Machining sectors.
After the project, the skills gap in CNC operation will be reduced as CNC operators are given the skills they need to carry out their work.
- Training and skills development – lightning conductor engineers and steeplejacks
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:ATLASAmount awarded:£66,288Project summary:The project will upskill operatives with grandfather rights to ensure all those with CSCS cards also achieve associated NVQs by 2020.
It will do this by developing an introductory course and Specialist Upskilling Programme (SUP) and these courses will then be rolled out to the sector.
- Assessor infrastructure (commission) - Dry Lining and Plastering Training Forum
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles, Small employer supportProject lead:Dry Lining and Plastering Training ForumAmount awarded:£92,000Project summary:Funding will be used to set up a new assessment centre where assessors for dry lining and plastering will be trained.
A key outcome of the project will be to strengthen the assessment infrastructure across GB in relation to dry-lining and plastering.
- Digital Leadership for the Construction Supply Chains (Giving leaders the skills to drive digital change)
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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, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:Leeds Beckett UniversityAmount awarded:£115,171Project summary:The project will deliver digital leadership change through establishing a hub and spoke supply chain model. It will set the contractor as the hub and the supply chain as the spokes, and use this infrastructure to influence and upskill supply chain leaders.
The project will conduct digital audits of participating organisations, develop case studies and use them to create online and F2F training material for best-practice digital leadership which will be delivered training through the hub and spoke model to leaders in participating contractors’ supply chain organisations.
After the project, participating employers will have taken measurable steps to digitalisation. An online portal will be created that will house the case studies, training content and any lessons learned from the hub and spoke approach. This content will enable other supply chains to deliver the same leadership change programme.