Home Building Ambassador network launched to sector. â¢. First training day for new. Ambassadors organised and taken pl
About the Skills Partnership: The HBF’s Home Building Skills Partnership, funded by CITB, has been set up to meet the following objectives between 2016-2020 and beyond: • To reposition the image of the home building industry as a career choice, promoting it as a positive place to work • To attract a larger and more diverse workforce to the home building industry, progressing change and improvements in recruitment practice • To improve the skills of the industry workforce to raise productivity and quality; identifying future skills needs relating to innovation and modern methods • To engage sub-contractors and suppliers in collaboration across the industry, leading change and the development of a skilled workforce which meets the needs of all • To create a long-term model for the Skills Partnership so that it can continue to support and develop the future workforce of the home building industry
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Achievements to date: KEY GROUPS FORMED • •
12 KEY JOB AREAS IDENTIFIED • •
Leadership Board Skills & Development Activity Group Attract Activity Group Supply Chain Activity Group
Home Building Ambassador network launched to sector First training day for new Ambassadors organised and taken place – six delegates
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Training standards agreed for Assistant/Site Manager roles and tested by 71 employees across 213 courses so far Training standards for Sales roles near completion Engagement with other industry bodies to identify standards for trades roles
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“Supply Chain: the case for collaboration” “Attract: understanding perceptions”
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Engagement with Department for Education on Technical Qualifications Involvement with government Trailblazer standards
Developed pilot initiative to fast track 35 young people from five colleges into home building by improving their practical skills: completed Developed pilot initiative to train home building supply chain: initial stages
AMBASSADORS
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Five key skills commitments identified with sector input 67 companies signed up since launch of Skills Pledge Housing Minister endorsement of Skills Pledge
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Campaign designed to attract more people into homebuilding and website working group set up to support this Exhibited at two major Careers shows promoting sector @HomeBuildSkills/ homebuildcareer, Facebook & housebuildingcareers.org.uk set up
Moving forward in 2018: ATTRACTION
HOME BUILDING TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS TOOL •
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Develop tool to identify existing training needs and pilot with 20 organisations; roll out with 100 companies Engage with a further 100 supply chain companies
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Launch of campaign targeting school leavers/parents/teachers based on the key job areas Attend careers events to promote home building as a career choice Drive traffic to housebuildingcareers.org. uk via @homebuildcareer and Facebook page, and build social media following Further develop the Home Building Ambassador network
AWARENESS
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Agree how Skills Partnership will grow and progress New task and finish groups underway Grow number of home builders involved
THE HOME BUILDING SKILLS PLEDGE
YOUR INPUT!
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Drive traffic to @HomeBuildSkills Promote and celebrate achievements of Skills Pledge Attend roadshows and events to promote skills
Support 1,000 sector employees into new training programmes to meet their training needs Engage with 1,000 supply chain companies; achieve 1,250 training days Supply chain workers undergo new training programmes Engage with Colleges and Training Providers Develop training to support industry standards where necessary
You can get involed in any or all of the above - let us know if you have any areas of priority in the coming months! More information about the Home Building Skills Partnership at www.hbf.co.uk/hbsp
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The Home Building Skills Pledge will underpin all of our work! THE HOME BUILDING SKILLS PLEDGE AS A SECTOR WE WILL: 1. Collaborate and share
4. Champion diversity and inclusion
We will work with the industry to share best practice across attraction, recruitment and skills development.
We are committed to recruiting a more diverse workforce to assist in improving the skills gap facing our industry, ensure breadth of thinking and that the sector is recognised for being inclusive and progressive.
2. Train to a standard We are committed to ensuring that all of our industry standard that equips them with the skills and experiences needed for their roles, meets our business needs and fosters a more positive working environment.
3. Engage and support
5. Promote careers We are committed to promoting home building as a primary career choice with well understood prospects, through the way we attract and actively develop our workforce.
We will lead by example by committing to train all our recruits to the industry standards being developed for their roles, and actively support our sub-contractors to do the same on an ongoing basis.
You can get involved in any or all of the above – let us know if you have any areas of priority in the coming months! More information about the Home Building Skills Partnership at www.hbf.co.uk/hbsp Follow us on Twitter @HomeBuildSkills
