Wednesday 20th September 2017

Purpose of Today

To share with you first-hand our journey (so far), in establishing a Civil Engineering Training Centre (CETC) within the Solent Area and how that can benefit everyone

Agenda

• The Solent LEP Area

• The Skills Shortage

• Issues with the current Apprenticeship Programme

• How could we resolve this

• The Forming of the Solent Civil Engineering Employers Group –Members and Associates

• Fareham College Introduction – The Role of the Training Provider

• Employers Group Charter so far

• CETC Site at Daedalus

• What does this all mean?

• Questions

Mark WellsChairman Blanchard Wells Ltd

• To outline the regional challenges / skills shortages

• Current Groundworks Apprenticeships & why they don’t work

The Solent LEPGroundworks & Civil Engineering Companies

in the area

PT Contractors

Aeropark

Isle of

Wight

Mackleys

John Peck

New Forest

R&W

Trants

Dyer & ButlerRaymond

BrownSouthampton

Test Valley

Carltons

StrandhillShorelands

Reillys

Gracelands

DR Gwks

Viking Projects

Blaze

Eastleigh

Mackoys

KO Plant & Gwks

Lockhams

Winchester

FarehamBaram

BWL & SCL

Gosport

East Hampshire

PortsmouthParchow Gwks

LA Kattenhorn

Jacksons Havant

The Solent LEP Area

Combined Groundworks & Civil’s Turnover Amongst Us

£541mEstimated no. of staff / operatives

5410 (using £100k per person ratio)

The Solent LEP Area

Solent LEP Area Opportunities and Challenges

• Construction outlook is bright = stability

• Construction is central to boosting UK productivity

• Housing demand is high – in 2015 142,980 houses built, up 21% on 2014 but 19% below 2007 (*1)

• Well below the requirement for 250,000

• Wellbourne, Whiteley, Stubbington Bypass & other substantial local schemes

(*1) ONS report Housebuilding: December 2015 quarter

• Skills shortage is the big thing stifling our growth and expansion – in the next 4 years, BW alone need a net gain of approx. 250 groundworkers

• The skill levels in the existing workforce are not good enough. Of every 10 new employees we engage, 7 - 8 are lost due to lack of skills. This creates significant quality challenges

• The highly skilled operatives are a lot older and when they retire we will lose these skills

• Job vacancies/demands exceeds supply = we are all fighting over the few

• Rates of pay increase - £20 p/h for a machine operator!

• Agencies become an unwanted necessity = poor quality people at high rates unsettles our existing staff. For each inflated agency operative it costs us £3k per year over direct recruitment. So, 40 agency appointments increases costs by £120K

• Agency labour is unstable for that person and the contractor. You cannot coach or develop an ever-changing workforce

• Brexit impacting European labour – central London is 80%+ non-UK labour! How will this affect the future?

• Some aspects of Construction are not attractive to youngsters

The Skills Shortage

The Skills ShortageRecent Construction Enquirer articles on labour challenges…

The Skills Shortage

The Skills Shortage• Solent LEP report dated April 2016 recommended;

• Reskilling and upskilling construction workers

• Develop the future curriculum, the provision and appropriateness of construction skills training

• Outreach – build a more positive image of construction with young people and increase recruitment through schools

• Apprenticeships

• Keyline tracker showed 147 Hampshire projects worth £15.4b to be completed by 2019

• Associated problems of skills shortage is:

• poor quality work;

• low productivity;

• uncontrollable labour rate increases;

• What is being done about it?

• The question is: “how do we make Construction attractive?”

Current Challenges

Issues with the current Apprenticeship programme

Current process:

AdvertiseResponses

come inInterview If pass

B&P College (1day/wk)

2yr

On site (4days/wk)

Colleges/schools

Online

Social media

HELP NEEDED

URGENTLY!!!!

Where do they

live?

(need to be in a

location where we

can collect)

LOW NUMBER OF

CANDIDATES!

Personal attributes

• Excellent time

keeping

• Honesty

• Desire to work

hard & learn

Sign up to CITB.

Register with B&P

college (1day/wk

2yrs)

On site (4days/wk)

Too far to travel

too, with most

relying on public

transport.

Course not always

relevant to skills

needed on site

No use due to lack

of skills & plant

training

(dumper/roller).

Doing very little eg

tidying up.

Lose interest very

quickly

Current Challenges

Apprentice Home & College Locations

Current Challenges

F1 car – 210mph Dumper – 10mph

Current Challenges

F1 car – 210mph Roller – 2mph

ithOutstanding Groundwork, Formwork & Plant Operation Apprenticeship Opportunities in Partnership w

“Come and join a winning team”

General ConstructionDesigned in consultation with the industry this course covers subjects

that are essential to today’s construction sites.

Course programmeFunctionalskills

Mathematics, English

An inductionprogramme

• Employment responsibilities and rights

• Health andsafety

• Drug and alcohol awareness

• Mobile towers

• Manual handling

• Safe use of small tools andequipment

Practical training

• Installing drainage and service ducts

• Basic concreting

• Erecting and dismantling a basic working platform

• Settingout

• Block paving

• Kerbing

• Steelfxing

• Formwork

• Excavation support

Construction Diploma

Assessment and trainingThis is a combination of classroom-based theory and simulated site activities.

Qualifcations/certifcation• Level 2 Construction Diploma in Construction Operations

• Level 2 NVQ/SVQ Diploma in Construction Operations

• Level 1 Functional Skills

• Personal Learning and Thinking Skills

What it means to you

£5.50 per hour starting rate

Your future progression• Plant Operators • Formwork carpenters • Steelfxers

• Specialist ground works • Site Management

• Engineering Setting out

What we require from you• Excellent timekeeping

• Honesty

• Desire to work hard and learn

• Available for pick up in a PO or SO postcode

Immediate Vacancies

This course is covered over a 2 year period with a

day or block release at college.

The remainder of the time is spent with the employer

on site, gaining experience, with assessment for the

Level 2 NVQ Diploma.

Locations: Highbury College, Portsmouth

National Construction College, Norfolk

To Apply you must do both of

the following:• Please Register with CITB at

www.bconstructive.co.uk and take

the Online Skills Learning Exercise

• Then email your CV to:

info@blanchardwells.co.uk

Visit Our Website Now.*Smartphone and QR code scanning App required

Be the best. Train with the best. World class construction Apprenticeships with CITB

FormworkFormwork is an essential component of the reinforced concrete construction

process. This Apprenticeship will provide the necessary skills to fabricate,

set out and erect formwork structures using a range of materials.

Course programmeFunctionalskills

Mathematics, English

An inductionprogramme

• Employment responsibilities and rights

• Health andsafety

• Drug and alcohol awareness

• Mobile towers

• Safe use of ladders

• Manual handling

• Safe use of small tools andequipment

Practical training

• Interpreting diagrams and technical drawings

• Principles of settingout

• Fabricate and repair – wooden and system formwork

• Erect and strike – wooden and system formwork

• Erect and strike – crane handled formwork

• Concrete (mixes, volumes and placing)

• Slinger/signaller

• MEWPs

• Harness training

• Leadingedge

Construction Diploma

Assessment and trainingThis is a combinationof classroom-basedtheoryand workshop-basedpracticals.

Qualifcations/certifcation• Level 2 Construction Diploma in Formwork

• Level 2 NVQ/SVQ Diploma in Formwork Occupations

• Level 1 Functional Skills

• Personal Learning and Thinking Skills

Plant OperationTraining covers a selection of the following as appropriate to the apprentice’s

chosen trade. Operating specialised plant and machinery to performance

requirements.

Course programmeFunctionalskills

Mathematics, English

An inductionprogramme

• Employment responsibilities and rights

• Health andsafety

• Drug and alcohol awareness

• Mobile towers

• Manual handling

• Safe use of small tools andequipment

Practical training

• 180° digger loader

• 360° excavator below10T

• Forward tippingdumper

• Telescopic handler

• Lifting and transferringplant

• Extracting and excavating plant

• Construction and formationplant

• Transporting and discharging bulk material loads

• Extracting and excavating materials

• Lifting, transferring and positioning loads

• Distributing, layering and consolidatingmaterials

Assessment and trainingThis is a combination of classroom-based theory and practical training.

Qualifcations/certifcation• Level 2 NVQ/SVQ in Plant Operations (Civil Engineering)*

• Level 2 Diploma in Plant Operations

• Construction Plant Competence

• Scheme (CPCS) Red Trained Operator Card

• Level 1 Functional Skills

• Employment Responsibilities and Rights

• Personal Learning and Thinking Skills

How do we resolve this?

How Do We Resolve This?

CITB, Colleges, Contractors & SLEP

to help with recruitment of

150 - 200 apprentices/job

ready newcomers

per annum, via

PO/SO postcodes

Live

OUTSIDE FACILITY

(no such thing as ‘inside’

groundworks!!)

18 - 20 wk ?

Full time college course

CITB regulated

• Work ready

• Keen & interested

Potential ideal process:

Must include:

CSCS + 1 day H&S

Manual handling

Environmental awareness

*Forward tipping dumper

*Ride on roller

Using a disc cutter

Drainage installation

Kerbs, edgings & paving* Needed for 17 year olds

The Forming of the

Solent Civil Engineering

Employers Group

(SCEEG)

Members and Associates

SCEEG – Members and Associates

Associates

Members

SCEEG – Structured Agreement/Charter• This is an Employer led organisation, attended by decision making

Directors and Senior Managers

• Fareham College has agreed to facilitate the education and training process

• Financial cost contributions from the Employers equate to 30% (via materials, plant & resources) with the College managing the remaining 70%

• All employers have agreed to 2.5% of their staff per annum to be Apprentices (i.e. 5% overall)

• Technical support – commits to supply skilled people to assist with the course at a ratio of 1 day per 8 week per organisation. This can be block or single days

Nigel DuncanPrincipal of Fareham College

• The role of the Training Provider

• Curriculum

• Apprentice Package

• Recruitment, Selection & Interview

The Role of the Training Provider

• Identify the needs of the company

• Develop a detailed Apprenticeship programme that meets the identified need

• Explain the level of government funding available for the Apprenticeship programme – Grant and Levy

• Discuss timescales for the training and develop training plans to fit company and apprentice’s needs

• Help companies prepare and advertise vacancies

• Manage the recruitment process and shortlist suitable candidates to interview

• Manage the paperwork once a potential apprentice has been found

• Provide training for the apprentice

• Provide ongoing assessment, support and advice throughout the training period to the company and their apprentice

• Experience

• Expertise

• Volume

• Resources and Facilities

• Range

• Links with Study Programmes and Traineeships

• Employer Links

Apprenticeships

Partnership Proposal – Plant Operatives Apprenticeship

What next?

• Develop programme with the Employers – agree timescales

• Agree financial model

• Establish Training Centre

• Recruit staff and apprentices

• Run programme

• Review and plan accordingly

Curriculum Subgroup

Purpose• To create a curriculum that meets employers’ needs

• To agree a suitable period for ‘basic training’

• To combine the old ‘General Construction’ & ‘Plant Operatives’ NVQs

• To ensure the above align with the new ‘Trailblazing Standards’ for Civil Engineering Groundworks Apprenticeship (CEGA)

• To support the smooth transition from Frameworks to Standards

Curriculum Subgroup

Week 1 Introduction

Health & Safety

Week 11 SHE Advanced and Reflection of site

experience

Week 2 Engineering

Setting out

Week 12 Paths, Edgings, Kerbs and Concrete

finishes

Week 3 Surveying Week 13 Paving slabs and Block paving

Week 4 Materials Week 14 Drainage, Shoring & Temporary works

Week 5 Foundation Types Week 15 NRSWA (operatives)

Week 6 Drainage Week 16 Course Review – workbook checks

Week 7 Block and Beam Week 17 Maths and English, Site experience

Week 8 Exiting Services Week 18 Maths and English, Site experience

Week 9 Maths and English, Site experience Week 19 Dumper Course

Week 10 Maths and English, Site experience Week 20 Roller Course

20 weeks, full time (max 40hrs) Apprenticeship to ensure groundworkers are ‘site ready’, overall the NVQ duration is up to 2 yrs.

Purpose

To set up and manage the package for Apprentices

Our People Subgroup

Our People SubgroupPay rates

Retention bonus – monies will accrue over the term of their apprenticeship. It will continue for 1 year post completion, 3 years in total (approx. £3000). There will only be 1 payment, subject to usual NI & Tax

• Driving licence bonus - £250 one off bonus to be paid once the apprentice has passed their test (to also be given to those who already have passed)

• Travel allowance

16-18 yrs 18-20 yrs 21+ yrs

Year 1 £5.00 £6.00 £7.00

Year 2 £6.50 £7.50 £8.50

Retention value

Year 1 50p per hour worked

Year 2 £1.00 per hour worked

Marketing Subgroup

Purpose

To set up and manage the recruitment, selection & interview

process

• For matching with employers the postcodes are critical, to enable collection by site teams

• Initial selection can be via the employers direct or through the College process

• Apprentices need to be screened to ensure they meet the minimum criteria

• Traineeships (pre-apprenticeship) are available for those who do not meet the minimum criteria

• Successful candidates must be honest, have excellent time keeping, enthusiasm and a desire to progress

Selection Process

Civil Engineering Training Centre

CETC Site at Solent Airport

What does this all mean?

On Monday 18th September 2017

CETC started

The Civil Engineering and

Groundworks Apprenticeship

CEGA

Questions?