Building a Sustainable Training Infrastructure for the Built Environment

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‘Building a sustainable infrastructure for the Built Environment’. A Sector Priority Fund Pilot Project managed by Asset Skills and sponsored by the Welsh Government with additional support from the European Social Fund.Project summaryAsset Skills will build on the experience gained in the delivery of our previous SPFP project to enhance the capacity of the infrastructure in place to ensure the sustainable delivery of apprenticeships and Green Deal/Energy Efficiency qualifications. We will, through the project, establish a sustainable network of providers who will become ‘Centres of Excellence’ as part of our UK Academy in Wales and who will deliver the qualifications in the Asset Skills sector post project through main stream funding.To achieve this goal the project will:•Recruit employers, learning providers and candidates to the programme•Implement an effective procurement process through which providers will tender for funding to deliver the pilot programmes•Develop partnerships with training providers to promote and provide long term solutions for training demand via mainstream funding after the conclusion of the SPFP funding•Monitor and manage the delivery partners to ensure maximum successful completions by candidates•Produce an evaluation report to inform on lessons learnt and sustainable routes for future deliveryKey learning points from the previous project have been: •the positive impact of employer engagement•the importance of contract management of the training providers •the need for induction programmes and workplace support for candidates to increase the number of successful apprenticeships and qualifications achieved. This project will also monitor performance, assess progress and report on outcomes with recommendations to inform training providers and the Welsh Government on the nature and content of employer demand.The impact of the project will be significant in that it will create a sustainable delivery infrastructure for a new range of apprenticeships and qualifications, and produce a measureable benefit to employers by raising the skills levels of employees in the built environment and business services sectors, and influencing providers to incorporate these qualifications into mainstream provision.Tender documents are available on line and can be downloaded at the Asset Skills website. http://www.assetskills.org/Wales/SPF2012/ContractInformation.aspxTo apply please complete the SPFP 2 Tender Document and submit:•1 electronic hard copy, in Microsoft Word Format, to SPFP2@assetskills.org, PLUS •3 identical hard copies to Zena Smith, 2 The Courtyard, 48 New North Road, Exeter, EX4 4EPAll documents, in email and hard copy form, must be received by 5pm on Friday the 30th November 2012.All tenders received after this date and time will be deleted and destroyed.