AN INTRODUCTION TO: THE WEST LONDON CONSTRUCTION … · of Southall Waterside. WLCA. Modern Apprenticeship: Risk Assessments and Method Statements Daily Activity Briefing Have A Go

A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O :

T H E W E S T L O N D O N C O N S T R U C T I O N A C A D E M Y

British Construction: Creating a Golden Thread

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C O N T E N T S

5 I N T R O D U C T I O N

6 E D U C A T I O N A N D D E V E L O P M E N T

8 T H E C R I T I C A L I S S U E

11 T H E W A Y F O R W A R D

12 W H A T M A K E S W L C A S O S P E C I A L ?

15 E N G A G E M E N T ; E D U C A T I O N ; E X C E L L E N C E

16 B Y I N D U S T R Y F O R I N D U S T R Y

18 G E T T I N G I T R I G H T !

20 S T R E E T E L I T E

22 T R A I N S , P L A N E S A N D A U T O M O B I L E S M A P


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BRITAIN’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS HEADING INTO A

PERFECT STORM, AN IMPENDING SKILLS SHORTAGE COINCIDING

WITH A CRIPPLING LACK OF HOUSING NATIONWIDE.


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Property development company Berkeley Homes has teamed up with West London College to help tackle the issue.

The launch of their joint-venture West London Construction Academy (WLCA), a state-of-the-art and one-of-a-kind facility, represents much more than a mere bricks-and-mortar contribution. The Academy is committed to going

further, not just by training up and providing ‘work-ready’ students, trainees and apprentices in the years ahead but also by playing

a key role in changing Britain’s construction narrative.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

Existing training facilities and courses are failing both employers and their

staff at exactly the time that national construction needs a major boost.

West London Construction Academy on the site of Southall Waterside.

WLCA

Modern Apprenticeship:Risk Assessments and

Method StatementsDaily Activity Briefing

Have A Go DaysDeveloper Opportunities

Toolbox TalksPoint of Work Risk

AssessmentsInspection & Test Plan

Hold PointsCritical Path

Digger School (on site at Southall Waterside)Plant TrainingBanksman TrainingTraffic Marshal Training

Challenged

Appreciated

Well Paid

A-Plant TrainingManual HandlingAbrasive Wheels

PPE AwarenessHAVS Awareness

Future Training EducationMix of ClassroomsPractical Learning Space

Challenged

Appreciated

Well Paid

GETTING IT RIGHT

GETTING IT RIGHT

WORK READY EMPLOYEES


‘HAVE A GO’ DAYS ‘PLANT THE SEED’

‘MAKE A SPACE’AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE

A chance to see what careers are

avaliable GRADUATE PROGRAMMECOLLEGE

PRIMARY SCHOOL & SECONDARY SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY

UPSKILLOngoing CPD BG Talent Management Programme

E D U C A T I O N A N D D E V E L O P M E N TT H E B E R K E L E Y W A Y

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West London Construction Academy on the site of Southall Waterside.

WLCA

Modern Apprenticeship:Risk Assessments and

Method StatementsDaily Activity Briefing

Have A Go DaysDeveloper Opportunities

Toolbox TalksPoint of Work Risk

AssessmentsInspection & Test Plan

Hold PointsCritical Path

Digger School (on site at Southall Waterside)Plant TrainingBanksman TrainingTraffic Marshal Training

Challenged

Appreciated

Well Paid

A-Plant TrainingManual HandlingAbrasive Wheels

PPE AwarenessHAVS Awareness

Future Training EducationMix of ClassroomsPractical Learning Space

Challenged

Appreciated

Well Paid

GETTING IT RIGHT

GETTING IT RIGHT



‘HAVE A GO’ DAYS ‘PLANT THE SEED’

‘MAKE A SPACE’AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE

A chance to see what careers are

avaliable GRADUATE PROGRAMMECOLLEGE

PRIMARY SCHOOL & SECONDARY SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY

UPSKILLOngoing CPD BG Talent Management Programme

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The industry shed 400,000 jobs during the recession and 400,000 workers are due to retire in the next 5-10 years.

5-10 years

The industry shed 400,000 jobs during the last recession and a further 400,000 workers are due to retire in the next 5-10 years. This will leave the country with insufficient manpower just as we try to tackle the housing crisis.

Why is this happening? Construction has traditionally struggled to recruit and retain apprentices. Young people perceive it as a sector blighted by poor working conditions, lack of job security and limited career progression.

Yes, the number of apprenticeship starts has increased by 49% in the five years since 2012, from 17,528 to 26,195. But this is still insufficient, with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) predicting that more than 158,000 new workers will be required over the next five years. Clearly, much more needs to be done.

T H E C R I T I C A L I S S U E

Britain’s construction workforce will fall by up to a quarter over the next 10 years.

Apprenticeships in the construction industry have increased by 49% from 17,528 to 26,195 but it’s still not enough.

Insufficient


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Construction Industry Training Board predicts that more than 158,000 new workers will be required over the next five years.

+158,000


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construction can offer an exciting & rewarding path to young people setting out on their professional journeys.

Rewarding

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Through its educational and training programmes, the WLCA is championing the fact that construction offers an exciting, rewarding path to young people setting out on their professional journeys.

For this is a sector which does not just offer stand-alone jobs but integrated careers.

Those with key hands-on skills, our bricklayers and window fitters for instance, may choose over time to become site supervisors and thereafter look towards managerial positions. Site engineers and quantity surveyors can also opt to broaden their experience by moving into management. Construction is a sector offering people a staircase of opportunities.

Equally, the WLCA will illustrate to stakeholders that the construction industry needs to invest much more actively in its employees and their careers.

This commitment will allow British construction companies to create a ‘golden thread’ which successfully connects their needs at one end to their employees ambitions and goals at the other.

T H E W A Y F O R W A R D

E X C I T E

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W H A T M A K E S W L C A S O S P E C I A L ?

homes will be built on a former gasworks site which

will offer local tradesmen and women jobs for life.

3,750


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The WLCA is housed in a 20,000 sq ft cutting-edge facility at Berkeley Homes West Thames Southall Waterside development. The Academy opened in October 2018.

There is no other comparable venue, in terms of facilities or the opportunities it offers, anywhere in the country.

Its location is also a huge asset; the Southall Waterside project, which will see some 3,750 homes built on a former gasworks site, is a massive 25-year brownfield land renewal project which will offer local tradesmen and women jobs for life.

The Academy, a mixture of classroom and practical learning space, will host up to 120 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) students each year, while offering parallel apprenticeship and short-course learning modules.

The Academy is next to the proposed location of Constructionarium which is due to arrive on site in early 2020. This is a educational initiative that enables learners to gain hands on experience of construction projects with capacity for 1,000 learners pa. The Academy and Constructionarium will work together to up skill students ready for employment in the construction industry.

E X C I T E


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The Academy fosters links with local primary and secondary schools to showcase how exciting construction can be.

Schools

The WLCA’s core mission of education and engagement

extends from primary school right through to University.

‘Golden thread’

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It also reaches out further than any other similar institution.

Uniquely, the WLCA’s core mission of education and engagement extends – like a ‘golden thread’, from young children of primary school age right through to college and university students¹ (as well as offering up-skilling courses for existing construction employees and those looking for a career change).

The Academy fosters existing links with local primary and secondary schools and stage site visits, ‘Have a Go’ days² and career events to showcase how exciting construction can be – London, after all, is home to countless impressive construction projects.

It also actively showcases the plethora of different careers and opportunities available to students within the industry.

¹ The Constructionarium, a pioneering hands-on training facility based in Norfolk and which gives undergraduates experience of designing and building their own projects, is currently seeking to transfer its operations to regional sites and is expected to set up a presence at Southall Waterside.

² For the past three years Southall Waterside and West London College have hosted the Southall Waterside Construction Challenge. Teams from local secondary schools try out their skills in bricklaying, plumbing, drainage and sit a CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) test, with the winners from each school competing in a final challenge for the coveted West London Construction Cup.

E X C I T E

The Academy’s philosophy is simple: To engage, to educate and to foster excellence.

E N G A G E M E N T ; E D U C A T I O N ; E X C E L L E N C E


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The WLCA, supported by West London College and Berkeley Groups trade partners and industry experts, has committed itself to overhauling current training provisions, which it sees as outdated and failing to keep pace with the evolving needs of the modern-day construction site.

The ‘By Industry, For Industry’ curriculum will provide thoroughly modern apprenticeships, designed to transform raw students into work-ready employees.

The hyper-local character of construction skills has always presented major challenges for traditional training institutions, built around relatively large, expensive workshop-based infrastructures. In response, the Academy is prioritising flexibility – in its training, its facilities and in its qualifications – to ensure its courses are fit for purpose and dovetail with the construction industry’s requirements.

Trades will also help train the lecturers on innovative new ways of undertaking modern construction techniques and technologies.

The WLCA has already staged curriculum development events with 27 trade partners to help shape courses and will continue consulting construction companies and suppliers to ensure it remains in step with ongoing developments and innovations.

The Academy offers courses in:• Bricklaying • Dry Lining/Plastering• Electrical • Internal/Kitchen Fitting

T R A I N

B Y I N D U S T R Y F O R I N D U S T R Y

W H Y F L E X I B I L I T Y I S K E Y


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TRANSFORMING STUDENTS INTO WORK READY EMPLOYEES

Brickwork

Plastering

Dry lining

Steel fixing

Interior systems

Ground works

Carpentry & joinery

Plumbing

Electrical installation

The idea is simple – produce ‘work-ready’ students, trainees and apprentices who are productive from

their very first day in employment.

LEARNING A PROFESSION THROUGH AN NVQ

Health and Safety Training Site and

Fundamentals Levels 1-3

Work experience + direct links to on site construction professionals and employers

• Behaviours & expectations• Time management• Hold points• DABS – Daily Activity Briefing• POWRA’s – Point of work risk assessment• ITP – Inspection Test Plant

At WLCA in addition to learning or developing a profession through a qualification, students will be

taught about the practicalities of working on a construction site and be provided hands-on experience

Our training offer has been designed for employers by employers and offers the very best in academic and

practical learning. We offer an enhanced programme that incorporates a bespoke approach for employers,

depending on their requirements.

Industry standard equipment and

facilities

A Plant Training • Manual handling • Abrasive wheels •

Working at heights • HAVS Awareness •

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G E T T I N G I T R I G H T !

U P S K I L L

Research shows that the total cost of error is more than one fifth (21%) of construction turnover.

21%

The West London Construction Academy is totally committed to helping the industry get things right first time.

That means helping in the battle to plug the industry’s skills gap over the longer term. It means inspiring the next generation, from young school children to college students, and preparing them for the world of work. It also means serving the industry well and helping it to align its needs with its goals.

Getting it right also involves supporting GIRI – the ‘Get It Right Initiative’, a cross-industry alliance which is aiming to significantly reduce avoidable error and its associated consequences to build a better UK Construction Industry.

Research shows that the total cost of error is more than one fifth (21%) of construction turnover. WLCA will be helping to address this by delivering courses and workshops that have been developed by GIRI as part of its programme to upskill existing construction industry staff.

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We work closely with organisations such as Women In Construction, Tomorrow’s People and the Change Foundation engaging directly with those needing additional support and those who do not traditionally enter our industry. Through these programmes we have learned that finding people opportunities is the start of the journey, not the end.

Street Elite is a training for work initiative. It uses sport and mentoring to motivate young people who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEET).

The programme offers intensive support to young people often living on the edge of gangs and crime, helping them gain the confidence and skills to get a job or go on to further education. Street Elite initially takes the young people through an intensive 12 week sports-based training and mentoring scheme. They gain recognised coaching qualifications and the personal skills and motivation to get their lives back on track. Then they test the skills they have learnt by delivering sports sessions on local housing estates. Finally, they have to help organise a one day sports festival, involving local schools and hundreds of young people in a borough-wide event. The Berkeley Group offers every person who completes the programme a two week work placement. If they do well, this has potential to turn into a permanent job and future training and upskilling at WLCA.

Berkeley Group are committed to attracting a diverse workforce across our sites and in our offices.

C O R P O R A T E S O C I A L R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y A N D T H E C O L L E G E

They gain recognised coaching qualifications and the personal skills and motivation to get their lives back on track.

Qualifications


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They gain recognised coaching qualifications and the personal skills and motivation to get their lives back on track.

Qualifications

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H O W T O G E T T O U S

CROSSRAIL JOURNEY TIMES FROM SOUTHALL*

Heathrow Central 8 mins

Paddington 13 mins

Bond Street 17 mins

Tottenham Court Road 19 mins

Farringdon 22 mins

Liverpool Street 24 mins

Whitechapel 27 mins

Canary Wharf 31 mins

Woolwich 39 mins

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TRAVEL TIMES FROM UB2 5LE ‡

M4 1.9 miles – 7 mins


Heathrow 5.1 miles – 14 mins

Richmond 10.3 miles – 24 mins

Westfield Shepherd's Bush 11.5 miles – 24 mins

Wembley Stadium 12.4 miles – 27 mins

Oxford 51.3 miles – 1 hour

Rail NetworkBakerloo Line

Circle LineDistrict Line

Hammersmith and City Line

Paddington

Central LineJubilee Line

Bond St

Central LineNorthern Line

Tottenham Court Rd

ThameslinkMetropolitan Line

Circle LineHammersmith and City Line

Farringdon

Rail NetworkCentral LineMetropolitan

LineCircle Line


Liverpool St

District LineHammersmith and City LineEast London

Whitechapel

Jubilee LineElizabeth Line

DLR

Canary Wharf

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17

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3124MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

Elizabeth Line

Woolwich

39MINS

M4J3

HAYES ROAD

WESTERN ROAD

NORWOOD ROA D

DERLEY ROADMARLBOROUGH ROAD

SCOTTS ROAD

HAVELOCK ROAD

KINGSTON ROAD

OSTERLEY PK ROADDUDLEY ROAD

GREENLAND CRESCENT

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COSTCOINTERNATIONAL

MARKET

TESCO

WATERTOWER

Southall

BERKELEYACADEMY

GRAND UNION CANAL

MINETCOUNTRY

PARK

A4020

A312

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BEACONSFIELD ROAD

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M25 (S)

BY CAR

Please enter Brent Road, Southall into your Sat Nav. 170 Brent Road, Southall, UB2 5LE Directions Exit the M4 at Junction 3 and take the first exit onto A312/The Parkway towards Harrow/Southall/Hayes. At the next roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Hayes Road. Continue, passing Tesco on the left and Costco on the right. At the mini-roundabout, take the first exit onto Western Road. Continue over the bridge and

at the mini-roundabout take the first exit onto Brent Road. Continue to the end of Brent Road until you approach the railway bridge, you will be met by our security team for registering. After signing in, continue under the bridge and through the development, following signs for the WLCA.

PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR YOUR JOURNEY. OUR SECURITY TEAM IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER ALL VISITORS ON ARRIVAL.

BY TRAIN

If you wish to travel by train, the nearest station is Southall Station. Directions Disembark at Southall Station and use the crossing immediately outside to cross the road. After crossing the road, turn right. Continue following the road to the traffic lights. Turn left onto Beaconsfield Road and after 150 yards turn left onto Randolph Road. Follow the road to the end and turn right, you should now be on The Straight. Proceed to follow the walking directions below.

BY BIKE OR ON FOOT

Directions From Beaconsfield Road, turn onto Randolph Road and continue to the end of the road, passing site works on your left. Follow the road round to the right, passing the water tower. Our security team will greet and register you. Continue to follow the designated route which is marked with green and white barriers. Follow signs for the WLCA. Anyone travelling by scooter or bike must disembark on the walkways. There are designated areas to secure your bike.


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CROSSRAIL JOURNEY TIMES FROM SOUTHALL*

Heathrow Central 8 mins

Paddington 13 mins

Bond Street 17 mins

Tottenham Court Road 19 mins

Farringdon 22 mins

Liverpool Street 24 mins

Whitechapel 27 mins

Canary Wharf 31 mins

Woolwich 39 mins

DRIVING DISTANCE AND TRAVEL TIMES FROM UB2 5LE ‡



Heathrow 5.1 miles – 14 mins

Richmond 10.3 miles – 24 mins

Westfield Shepherd's Bush 11.5 miles – 24 mins

Wembley Stadium 12.4 miles – 27 mins

Oxford 51.3 miles – 1 hour

Rail NetworkBakerloo Line

Circle LineDistrict Line


Paddington

Central LineJubilee Line

Bond St

Central LineNorthern Line

Tottenham Court Rd

ThameslinkMetropolitan Line

Circle LineHammersmith and City Line

Farringdon

Rail NetworkCentral LineMetropolitan

LineCircle Line


Liverpool St

District LineHammersmith and City LineEast London

Whitechapel

Jubilee LineElizabeth Line

DLR

Canary Wharf

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17

19

22 27

3124MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

MINS

Elizabeth Line

Woolwich

39MINS

M4J3

HAYES ROAD

WESTERN ROAD

NORWOOD ROA D

DERLEY ROADMARLBOROUGH ROAD

SCOTTS ROAD

HAVELOCK ROAD

KINGSTON ROAD

OSTERLEY PK ROADDUDLEY ROAD

GREENLAND CRESCENT

RAND

OLPH

ROA

D

SOUT

HALL

LAN

E

COSTCOINTERNATIONAL

MARKET

TESCO

WATERTOWER

Southall

BERKELEYACADEMY

GRAND UNION CANAL

MINETCOUNTRY

PARK

A4020

A312

THE

PAR

KWAY

BEACONSFIELD ROAD

MER

RICK

ROA

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SOUT

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BRENT ROAD

A312

TH

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RKW

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A3005

M25 (S)


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C O U R S E C O N T A C T D E T A I L St: 020 8741 1688 e: [email protected]

w: wlc.ac.uk/contact-us/wlca

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