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Skills and Green Deal
The Green Deal Skills Alliance
(GDSA)
3 Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) working together to
ensure the correct skills are in place for the Green Deal:
• Asset Skills – Green Deal Assessment/Advice.
• ConstructionSkills – Green Deal Installers, covering
insulation and building fabric.
• SummitSkills – Green Deal Installers, covering
environmental technologies and building
engineering services.
Starting Point: Consumer Support
• To achieve maximum impact, the emerging
Green Deal brand must enjoy real consumer
confidence – which in turn will trigger the
market mechanisms on which Green Deal
Depends.
• Consumer confidence will only be gained
through quality service – from Green Deal
Advisors and Green Deal Installers.
Quality Service depends on Skills
• Green Deal Advisors will need to be trained,
qualified and certificated, and adhere to the
Green Deal code of Conduct.
• Installers and workers in environmental
technologies will have the same
requirements, albeit within a separate Quality
Assurance, and regulatory regime based on
the PAS (Publicly Available Specification).
Defining the Skills and Competencies
required
• National Occupational Standards (NOS)
developed by individual Sector Skills Councils,
define occupation specific Green Deal skills
requirements.
• Some existing NOS were already fit for purpose,
others subject to review/amendment.
• All, when approved, are being used as the basis
of nationally recognised qualifications on which,
certification arrangements will be based.
Asset Skills –
Energy Assessment and Advice
• NOS for Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) have
been revised to reflect the needs of the new Energy
Performance Certificate (EPC) from April 1st 2012 –
and used as the basis for a compulsory mini
qualification.
• Brand new NOS for Green Deal Advisors, Domestic
and Non-Domestic, also completed in readiness for
new qualifications for this brand new job role.
CITB-ConstructionSkills
CITB-ConstructionSkills is the Industrial Training Board
and Sector Skills Council for construction and it is:
• Providing a voice for industry on skills/training
requirements relating to Green Deal.
• Supporting construction trades in Green Deal, e.g.
insulation installers, building professionals and
general builders.
• Developing bespoke apprenticeships and training
solutions for specialist sectors such as solid wall
insulation.
SummitSkills
• Sector Skills Council for building services engineering.
• Employer led influence on policy and standards, e.g.
Microgeneration Certification Scheme.
• Environmental technologies in Green Deal, e.g. Heat
Pumps, Solar Thermal and Biomass.
• Established National Skills Academy for
Environmental Technologies in 2011.
GDSA – starting with a Common
Competency Framework
• Providing knowledge and understanding of
Green Deal as a whole.
• Everyone appreciating the “big picture” rather
than thinking in individual occupation specific
silos.
• Workers understanding one another’s roles and
where they fit into the Green Deal customer/
client “journey”.
• Result: greater coherence in delivering Green
Deal and enhanced success rates.
Joining up Green Deal Skills
• Common Units of knowledge for use as the
basis for additional training and
enhancements to job specific qualifications or
• Stand alone mini-qualifications in their own
right.
Common units – examples
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Understand the principles and operation of the Green Deal
(or equivalent programme).
Understand the principles of customer service.
Understand how to monitor work progress.
Understand maintenance of energy efficiency measures.
Understand the effects of energy efficiency measures on
conservation and heritage buildings.
Understand insulation and building treatment roles.
Understand air quality/ventilation requirements.
Understand building services engineering roles.
Beyond the common units
• Research: first report from employers by February/March
– encompassing demand for Green Deal skills and
qualifications, delivery issues and emerging business
models.
• Train the Trainer packs for Installers and Green Deal
Advisors – installer manual available now on Cutting the
Carbon website; advisor manual available March 2012.
• Piloting aspects of the Common Competency Framework
to inform future work – pilots complete and feedback
was excellent!
• Disseminating information and consulting widely (e.g. 19
half-day events around the UK).
Phase two
(April 2012 to March 2014)
• Funding secured from the UKCES “Employer
Investment Fund”.
• Focus – piloting new/emerging qualifications
and then moving onto implementation issues,
plus work with DECC and the devolved
administrations to monitor the roll-out of
Green Deal training and qualifications.
Phase two continued
Individual project details still being finalised but
include:
• Research
• Training trainers
• Quality of learning
• New competencies to fill gaps
• More events (but to differing models) –
partners welcome contact Phil Stott.
• Listening and engagement
Summary
• Individual SSC work vital on an occupation
specific basis.
• GDSA input gives an added dimension.
• Important to ensure that training and
qualifications integrate with the emerging
(UKCAS supervised) regulatory regimes.
• All the answers NOT yet known; your
feedback and questions today will help
provide some of these!
GDSA Contact Details
• Email: [email protected]
• Telephone: 0845 678 2 888
BUSUK
Build Up Skills UK
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Build Up Skills UK (BUSUK)
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Backed by the EU Commission taking place in 21 member
countries, with more to join shortly.
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Focused on the built environment.
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Project to develop a Skills Roadmap to ensure the UK has an
appropriately skilled workforce to meet the EU 2020 targets:
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Reduce energy consumption by 20%
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Reduce green house gas emissions by 20%
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Meet 20% of energy needs through renewable resources
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BUSUK Consortium
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4 Sector Skills Councils working together to represent their
footprints:
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Asset Skills – Manages project and recruits Platform of
stakeholders to inform and endorse research.
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ConstructionSkills – Conducts Research and develops
Roadmap.
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SummitSkills – Manages endorsement process of Roadmap.
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Energy & Utility Skills – Evaluates project.
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BUSUK Process - Platform
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Project will be developed and endorsed by the built
environment energy efficiency sector, for the sector.
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Tool to achieve this sector engagement will be the National
Qualifications Platform, consisting of:
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50 core stakeholders
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National and devolved nation steering committees
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Wider Platform – key for endorsement
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Developing the Roadmap
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Establish National Qualifications Platform.
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Conduct status quo analysis to take “snap shot” of sector
skills and training at the moment.
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Use analysis and Platform to develop the Roadmap which
illustrates barriers to training and skills gaps.
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Secure sector endorsement of the Roadmap.
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Use endorsement and evaluation of project to develop
training infrastructure as part of Pillar 2 (to be confirmed).
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Communications
The success of the project will be defined by input/endorsement
from the sector. This buy-in will be secured through clear
communications:
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Regular newsletter to Platform
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Twitter feed
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Website with online consultation, news, updates – due to launch
March 2012.
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Clear branding
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Interaction with EU partners.
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Key Dates
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Establish the National Qualifications Platform: March 2012.
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Publish Analysis of the Status Quo: June 2012.
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Publish 2020 Skills Roadmap: December 2012.
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Endorsement: throughout but completed by February 2013.
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Pillar 2: 2014 and beyond.
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Contact details
How can I register interest and join the
Platform?
Please contact Lucy Radford:
[email protected] or via 01392
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