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Found 234 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.
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- Piloting the Deployment of ISO18404 in the Construction Sector
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Leadership and management, Small employer supportProject lead:Gilbert and GoodeAmount awarded:£151,208Project summary:The project will develop a programme to accredit organisations in the British Standards Institution ISO18404 for Lean Construction.
One organisation will receive the accreditation and a best practice case study will be developed to support other employers through the process.
After the project, one employer will become accredited in the ISO Lean Construction standard. Another will have undertaken training so they have the ability to do so. The guidance and training materials used to achieve this will be made available to industry so that other employers can go on the same journey and achieve accreditation.
- Productivity - reducing rework - Berkeley Group (commission)
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:Berkeley GroupAmount awarded:£103,890Project summary:The project will increase productivity by reducing the errors and defects that cause rework. Modules and e-learning will be developed and piloted that will deliver collaborative planning processes at design interface of projects. To make the project scalable, set of train the trainer resources will be produced.
Research will identify and recommend ways of measuring the rate errors and defects. This will help to set out an industry baseline to measure any future impact on productivity.
After the project, the course modules and teaching resources will be made freely available to industry and be eligible for short-duration grant funding. Guidance on how to implement the training with their partner modules for the other two 'Get it right' projects to deliver change on a project or in an organisation. Guidance will explain how to deliver training, when and with which roles.
- Productivity - reducing rework - FMB (commission)
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:Federation of Master BuildersAmount awarded:£127,952Project summary:The project will increase productivity by reducing the errors and defects that cause rework. A new L5 qualification will be developed and rolled out on Energy Efficiency in Retrofit Project Management. This will help to set out an industry baseline to measure any future impact on productivity.
After the project, the qualification will be published online and available either as a face to face module or by means of e-learning.
- Productivity - reducing rework - Kier (commission)
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:Kier Construction LtdAmount awarded:£94,340Project summary:The project will increase productivity by reducing the errors and defects that cause rework. Modules and e-learning will be developed and piloted that will deliver a ‘right first time’ culture at leadership level of organisations. To make the project scalable, set of train the trainer resources will be produced.
Research will identify and recommend ways of measuring the rate errors and defects. This will help to set out an industry baseline to measure any future impact on productivity.
After the project, the course modules and teaching resources will be made freely available to industry and be eligible for short-duration grant funding. Guidance on how to implement the training with their partner modules for the other two 'Get it right' projects to deliver change on a project or in an organisation. Guidance will explain how to deliver training, when and with which roles.
- Productivity - reducing rework - Vinci PLC (commission)
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Small employer support, New qualifications and courses, Leadership and managementProject lead:Vinci PLCAmount awarded:£115,945Project summary:The project will increase productivity by reducing the errors and defects that cause rework. Modules and e-learning will be developed and piloted that will deliver ‘right first time’ behaviours at operational level of organisations. To make the project scalable, set of train the trainer resources will be produced.
Research will identify and recommend ways of measuring the rate errors and defects. This will help to set out an industry baseline to measure any future impact on productivity.
After the project, the course modules and teaching resources will be made freely available to industry and be eligible for short-duration grant funding. Guidance on how to implement the training with their partner modules from the other two 'Get it right' projects to deliver change on a project or in an organisation. Guidance will explain how to deliver training, when and with which roles.
- Supporting behavioural change within the UK’s aviation infrastructure
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Sectors and roles, Small employer supportProject lead:National Association of Shop-fittersAmount awarded:£81,000Project summary:The project will deliver the CITB's Achieving Behavioural Change (ABC) programme. This essential programme:
- covers legal duties of employers and employees
- defines hazards, risks and control measures
- lists possible causes of accidents
- helps employees understand the link between attitude and behaviour, the costs of poor safety performance, the benefits of good safety performance and how to put ABC into practice.
After the end of the project, workers in the Manchester airport Group Estate will have achieved the training and will have the skill-sets to improve safety in the working environment.
- Woodworking Centres of Excellence
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:New qualifications and courses, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, Digital and new technology, Leadership and management, Productivity and new ways of workingProject lead:British Woodworking FederationAmount awarded:£58,670Project summary:The project will develop a network of Centres of Excellence across the UK to support training in Joinery, Shop-fitting and Interior Contracting using new apprenticeship standards as the bedrock Using this network to ensure all units can be offered and ensuring curriculums are up to date and standardised by providing ‘bolt-on’ modules.
After the project more wood workers will have the skills to operate CNC machinery, and the capacity for further people to upskill will be increased through the network of centres of excellence.
- Assessment Infrastructure - Modular and Portable Buildings Association
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Productivity and new ways of working, Sectors and roles, Small employer supportProject lead:Modular & Portable Buildings AssociationAmount awarded:£162,920Project summary:Funding will be used to set up a new assessment centre where assessors for modular and portable buildings will be trained.
- Assessor infrastructure - British Blind and Shutter Association
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Sectors and roles, Small employer supportProject lead:British Blind and Shutter AssociationAmount awarded:£5,000Project summary:Build the skills capacity of the blind and shutter sector by creating new on-site assessors and delivering vocational qualifications to address the skills shortage.
- Assessor infrastructure - Fall Arrest Safety Equipment Training
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Sectors and roles, Small employer supportProject lead:Fall Arrest Safety Equipment TrainingAmount awarded:£31,450Project summary:Build the skills capacity of the fall arrest safety sector by creating new on-site assessors and delivering vocational qualifications to address the skills shortage.
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