My home – assess and train 900 engineers nationwide
Innovation
Productivity and new ways of working, Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Small employer support, New qualifications and courses
Willmott Dixon
Grafton (trading as Buildbase), Birmingham City Council, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Paragon and Orbit, JobCentre Plus, the Prince’s Trust, local charities and local schools
Great Britain
£50,000
2016
Commercial, Housing, Infrastructure, Specialist
The project will design a programme to assess and to train over 900 engineers nationwide to support them in developing skills needed to be a property maintenance engineer.
After the project industry efficiency will be increased by reducing travel time and ensuring jobs are completed on a first visit basis. This will increase customer satisfaction.
The resources used to achieve this will be available for industry to use.
- Identifying skills gaps by assessing 575 engineers amongst 57 employers
- Develop courses to support in bridging identified skills gaps
- Development of add-on courses for apprenticeships
- Delivery of developed courses.
01 Apr 2016
31 Oct 2017
End of project summary
The project finished in January 2018. A total of 1011 individuals have received training (953 employees, 38 local school children and 20 community members). The company have achieved increased productivity, improved levels of customer service and a reduction in follow-up visits by 32%.
Resources available
Training materials are available to upskill maintenance engineers.
Email the CITB Funding team to access them.