BUILD-UP Skills Estonia - BUILDEST I and II
Development of the continuing education and training schemes of the
Building Sector to 2020 Contract N°: SI2.604349, Duration 18 months
Liina Henning, Tallinn University of Technology
Part.N°
Participant name Short name
Profile of the organisation
Main role in the Consortium
CO1 Foundation KredEx
KredEx Foundation Project co-ordinator; Leader of WP1, WP3, WP5. National expertise in energy efficiency, buildings and renovation, project management & communication.
CB2 Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
MKM Public Authority Leader of WP4. National expertise in energy sector, buildings and renovation; public communication; policy development, endorsement and implementation.
CB3 Tallinn University of Technology
TUT University; Educational/Training Body
Leader of WP2. National expertise in vocational, higher, continuing and adult education, life-long learning; wide-scale analysis and synthesis; international project management.
CB4 Estonian Association of Construction Entrepreneurs
EACE Union of ca 100 companies in the building sector
Major input in WP2 – analysis of existing and necessary vocational and continuing education qualification standards – and WP3. National expertise in the building sector, energy efficiency; qualification standards.
CB5 The National Examinations and Qualification Centre
REKK Governmental body administered by the Ministry of Education and Research
Major input in WP3 via access to vocational education institutions, their training programmes and needs (also link to later implementation of the national education policy in vocational and adult education). National expertise in vocational, continuing and adult education, curricula development; status analysis.
BuildEst Roadmap andAction Plan for Training Workforce
Topics covered:• Strategies and action plans towards EU 2020 targets • Buildings’ energy consumption and development of renewable
energy• The labour market in the construction sector• Awarding occupational qualifications in the field of construction• Construction education and training at the vocational education
level• Divergence between the current professional skills of the
workforce and the levels necessary for achieving the 2020 objectives
BuildEst Roadmap Strategies and action plans towards
EU 2020 targets
„ESTONIA 2020“ COMPETITIVENESS
PLAN
„SUSTAINABLE ESTONIA 21“
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES
• Continuing support programmes for energy conservation activity in apartment buildings – CO2 allowances and EU structural funds
• Implementation of the public sector building renovation programme - up to 2013 is 146.5 million euros and it will allow close to 480 public buildings
• Energy conservation in public transport and electric cars project• Increasing the competitiveness of industry – energy auditing• Energy conservation in private housing (1/3 of households)
Fact sheet of the construction sector2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012* II Q
2013
Construction activities (million euros)
1546 2074 2627 2299 1502 1283 1679 2079
Grew compared to year before
+22 +27 +14 -13 -30 -9 +27 +19
Workers in construction (thousand persons)
48,8 63,6 82,1 81 58,3 47,9 59 58,7 57*
Gross domestic product, change in %
+8,9 +9,6 +7 -3,4 -14,6 +3,7 +8 +3,2
Number of construction companies
4434 5815 7822 8317 7911 7446 7888 8000
Unemployment rate (%) 16 years to retirement
8,3 6,2 4,9 5,7 14,4 17,6 12,9 10,6 7*
Average salary in construction (euros)
536 639 817 891 774 797 847 923 1030
Average salary in all activities (euros)
515 580 720 825 784 792 839 880 976
• The number of employed by construction companies could rise to 45,000-50,000 people or more:
Forecast as to the number of employed in the construction sector and by construction companies in 2012-2020 on the basis of the total number (thousands of people)
Primary findings of status quo
• Taking into consideration that admissions in VET schools were down in 2010-2011, the number of graduates in 2013 may be as low as 800.
Primary findings of status quo
2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012
admissions 1859 1676 1317 1347 1185 1132
students 4118 4101 3709 3468 3035 2656
graduates 992 1027 1145 1081 932 0
250
750
1250
1750
2250
2750
3250
3750
4250
• The construction sector would need at least 900-1,200 new skilled workers per year
• Around 800 graduating per year, 36 percent not integrated into the sector, new hires to as low as 600, which is much lower than even the most conservative forecast for workforce needs in the sector
• The workforce study* data signaled an urgent shortage of workforce in the sector
• The construction workers who lack professional training account for close to 50 percent of workers at construction companies
*Estonian Institute of Economic Research ”Workforce-related situation of Estonian construction companies and prospective need for workforce” (May 2012).
Work force related findings of status quo
Eight-level national qualifications framework (EstQF)15
• In the development of competences aimed at energy efficiency, the complementing of occupational standards in the construction field is of key importance
MEASURE : Energy efficiency skills module of the competence standard developed for every profession and competence level (construction workers 1-4 levels and 5 level – master foreman)
• Occupational standards are the basis for updating the content of national curricula in vocational education as well as designing in-service trainings
Priority measures in roadmap
TARGET 1: INCREASING THE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO ENSURE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
MEASURE 1: Energy efficient construction activity has been planned and coordinated
TARGET 2: INCREASING THE SHARE OF QUALIFIED WORKFORCE
MEASURE 2.1: Ensuring conformity of employees’ occupational competence to the requirements of the labour market
MEASURE 2.2: Ensuring and raising quality of specialized training in the construction sector
MEASURE 2.3: Developing an in-service training (incl continuing education) system for acquiring energy efficient construction related competences
MEASURE 2.4: Increasing the perceived value in society of energy efficient construction and of training in this field
BuildEst II activities• 1 non-qualified workforce training scheme – focusing on describing the principles of
integration of the non-qualified workers into existing vocational education and training, widely using also accreditation of prior learning and work.
• 5 qualified workforce training schemes EstQF III and IV level- Construction works – stone, concrete, steel- Carpenter- Construction finisher- Heating, plumbing, ventilation, installers of RES systems- Master-foreman training EstQF V level
• 1 trainers’ training scheme for qualified workforce trainers (joint and specialized modules) 90 trainers
• 1 on-site learning mentor (practical internship) training programme • 1 training programme for occupational qualification and evaluation committee members• corresponding modern training / study materials.• pilot trainings– 12 people in each piloted course in the methodological part of trainers’
training = 12 people x 28 groups = 336 people (workers; ca. 0.8% out of 41 000)
• The training schemes will be built into the Estonian qualification requirements
Suggestions for Buildup Skills I projects
• Key Opinion Leaders • quality managers of construction companies,• qualification assessment committee members,• vocational teachers
• Involvement of ministry level • Identify numbers of people to be trained – not
only by profession also by required level• Address unskilled workers
Thank you for attention
Project homepage:• http://estonia.buildupskills.eu/
• Contact:• [email protected]