Skills for Climate Change
Skills for Climate Change is at the heart of driving
the environmental learning and skills agenda to create a low carbon
London.
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Skills for Climate Change launches Low Carbon Skills Shortages
Report
On 13th July 2010 the London Capital Colleges’
Skills for Climate Change project, part-financed by the European
Social Fund, launched its report highlighting current low carbon
skills shortages and gaps in training provision in London’s
construction and built environment sector.
The report; Identifying
the Low Carbon Skills Relevant to London Construction and Building
Services’ Engineering Businesses will help shape the
development of appropriate learning tools to support the
up-skilling of employees within the sector.
The report was launched at 15 Hatfields, which
was chosen because it has been built to the highest environmental
specifications. Over fifty representatives from partner
organisations, construction companies and other interested parties
attended the event which included a short film from Nik Wood
Communications, as well as presentations from Philip Badman, Vice
Principal of Newham College, Paul Warren, Training Manager of
BeOnsite and Keith Marshall OBE, Chief Executive of
SummitSkills.
The report, produced by Ecotec Research
Consulting, has identified significant potential gaps in low carbon
skills and training provision in London’s construction and building
services engineering sectors. With needs totalling in the range of
9,500 – 20,000 courses each year for the next 5 years, only 40% of
this demand can be met by current provision and this is
concentrated in certain occupations and technologies. This leaves a
total estimated annual training capacity shortfall of 5,500 –
13,000, again with concentrations in particular technologies.
This call for action is being led by Newham College of Further
Education on behalf of London Capital Colleges to spur regeneration
and economic development through innovation and collaborative
approaches.
Skills for Climate Change is a fast growing
network of both private and public sector organisations, at
regional and transnational levels, to support the development and
delivery of learning and skills to the construction and building
services sectors.
The London Capital Colleges’ Skills for
Climate Change project, commissioned Ecotec Research Consulting to
produce a research and mapping report highlighting current low
carbon skills shortages and gaps in training provision in London’s
construction and built environment sector.
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