Skills for Business New Partnerships and Strategies for Construction

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Skills for BusinessNew Partnerships and
Strategiesfor Construction

• Peter Lobban
• Chief Executive
• CITB-ConstructionSkills

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• Context
• Some World Class Companies/Consultancies
• But Typically
• Highly Fragmented Industry
• Separation of design/management/construction/suppl
  ies (large companies do not employ skilled
  trades)
• Short term sub-contracts (Workforce 83 SME,
  58 Micro, 37 Self Employed)
• Lowest price competition/poor safety record
• Extremely flexible short-term with low fixed
  costs
• Poor long-term business case for investment and
  training

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• Real Opportunity for Change
• Egan/Best Value
• Integrated Supply Chain/Framework Partnering
• Strong Demand/Skills Shortages
• Long-Term Government Projects (PPP/PFI)
• Commitment to Action
• Strategic Forum Targets/Collaborative Action
  (Clients/Contractors/Specialists/Suppliers/Unions/
  SSCs)
• Employer commitment ( 100million contribution
  via levy)

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• Image and Recruitment
• Strategic Forum Target 300,000 Qualified People
  Recruited and Retained in the industry by 2006,
  and a 50 increase in applications to built
  environment higher and further education courses
  by 2007
• Action Underway includes
• Image campaign (Youth buttons, apprentice
  applications up 10)
• Starter jobs for apprentices (Catch22)
• Skilled trades self employment 35-45 SN, 70-80
  LS
• Construction Degrees Collaborative Action (HE
  applications down 50)
• Accelerating Change in Built Environment
  Education (ACBEE)
• Creative Spaces Schools Competition (50,000
  prize)
• Construction GCSE
• Sustainable Training - Housing Forum
  Partnership(70 Ethnic Minorities 88 Wards, EOC
  Inquiry)

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• Qualifying the Workforce
• Strategic Forum Target A fully trained and
  qualified and competent workforce on all projects
  by 2010
• Action Underway includes
• Licence to practice on site (Prescott HS Summit
  2001)
• 100 CSCS Majors 2003, Civils 2007, Others 2010
  (Not Yet Housing/Repair Maintenance)
• Qualifying the Workforce Steering Group
  (IndustrySSCs)
• 500,000 CSCS/ 250,000 touch screen Safety
  Tests
• Many New Skills need qualifying
• On-Site Assessment and Training New Flexible
  Approach
• LSC-CITB Pilot 10,000 NVQs, 9million provider
  capacity

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• Improving Business Performance
• Strategic Forum Target 20 of projects
  undertaken by integrated Teams by 2004, 50 by
  2007
• Action Underway includes
• HE Best Practice (Interdisciplinary not Silos)
• Management Supervisory Training
• (bite-sized/multi disciplinary/quick payback)
• Off site Manufacture/Systems Building Centre
• NHBC-CITB Qualified Site Managers (NVQ4)
• IiP Promotion/Training Groups/SBS Protocol

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• National Skills Forum for Construction and the
  Built Environment
• Proposed Agreement with LSC
• Issues to be addressed include
• Management modules linked to career
  paths/foundation degrees
• Business Support Model no wrong door approach
• Open Up OSAT pilot individual entitlement to
  NVQ2
• Review of LSC 300 million FE Training Provision
• MA Frameworks and funding for on-site practice
• Support for Sustainable Training Projects
• Improved, shared data sets and protocols for data
  management

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London Partnerships and Strategies

• Language and Cultural Skills Audit
• Fast Tracks, Kings Cross/St Pancras
• Building London
• London Employer Research
• Terminal 5, Arsenal Stadium, Wembley
• Sustainable Training/Sustainable Communities
• Thames Gateway
• London Flagship
• Sector Skills Agreement (Sector/London
  Collaboration)