Funding offered to upskill employees
Building Our Skills has forged partnerships with regional government agencies to help give industry employers up-to-date information about funding for training staff.
Since its launch, Building Our Skills campaign has created several platforms via which employers can now get involved to help heighten awareness of the career opportunities available in the fenestration industry for young people.
But, equally as exciting, the campaign is now working with several regional government agencies that offer financial support towards training and upskilling existing employees.
Head of Building Our Skills Stephanie Tague said: “We know an injection of new and young people are needed to sustain the future of the fenestration industry and, when speaking to our campaign supporters, we realised that in some instances employees may not have the skills themselves to be able to assist the injection of new people.
“We have started to form partnerships with regionalised government agencies throughout the UK. These agencies offer a fabulous amount of support working with employers to identify the needs of a business and its training requirements. They also assist in providing financial commitment towards the training and courses undertaken.”
One agency, WYCC – Skills Services (West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges), has welcomed the Building Our Skills initiative by introducing fenestration courses to its prospectus. Any installation or fabrication business operating in and around West Yorkshire can tap into the resource.
“WYCC – Skills Services … can offer opportunities for any size employer in West Yorkshire and some surrounding areas and facilitate over 700 various training courses.”