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- Mentoring for the construction industry (commission)
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Small employer supportProject lead:Carmarthenshire Construction Training AssociationAmount awarded:£119,060Project summary:This project is focussed on mentoring in order to support the retention of new entrants.
The project will:
- Provide 100 new entrants with a mentor
- Train 100 Level 3 apprentices as mentors
- Train 100 industry representatives as mentors
- Produce two best practice guidebooks - one for mentors and one for mentees
- Produce a video case study.
- Roofing Skills Partnership
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Sectors and roles, New qualifications and courses, Small employer supportProject lead:National Federation of Roofing ContractorsAmount awarded:£2,892,616Project summary:The project will bring together a cross industry partnership to create and direct a unified National Workforce Development programme. It will establish and promote industry wide standards for all roofing disciplines through an "Accredited Roofer" programme that will act as a skills baseline for the sector and that will professionalise the industry.
- The Breakfast Club (commission)
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Small employer supportProject lead:LendleaseAmount awarded:£110,654Project summary:Developed in partnership with key contractors, who are all SMEs, the Breakfast Club will deliver eight bespoke interactive training and personal development sessions for 48 new industry entrants (4 cohorts of 12) over a 15-month period.
Running concurrently as a controlled programme alongside the regular intake of new employees, the project will deliver evidence-based comparisons as to the benefit of the bespoke additional interventions for the retention of new entrants.