QualiBuild Training Plans and Provision

Training Plans and

Provision1/11/13 – 33 MonthsBUILD UP Skills QualiBuild IEE/12/BWI/339/SI2.659728

Content

Why

What?

When?

What Else?

Conclusion

1/11/13 – 33 MonthsBUILD UP Skills QualiBuild IEE/12/BWI/339/SI2.659728

Context


EU Build Up Skills Initiative

Build Up Skills Ireland – Pillar 1

QualiBuildProject – Pillar 2

Status Quo - Quotes “………funding for the up-skilling of construction workers have

been limited to the unemployed….There has been no acknowledgement of the importance……..to up-skill construction workers that are still employed….”

“Typical dwelling retrofit projects….will rarely sustain the engagement of traditional building design professionals…... The onus, therefore, will be on the building contractor or craft workers/installers to apply newly introduced principles and technologies to a multitude of different building types.”

“Trainers in this sector are usually employed on the basis of trade related qualifications………. the majority have been employed in education prior to the implementation of new building standards, therefore may have limited awareness or experience of the changes that are occurring onsite “

Roadmap Strategy

Knowledge

Finance

Partnership

System Thinking

Quality

Policy

Consumer

Professional

Worker

Quality

Training Actions

Introduce a short Foundation Energy Training for all building construction workers.

Review apprentice curricula for construction crafts to incorporate knowledge and new skills related to low energy buildings.

Develop specialist training for each relevant craft.

Develop specialist training for arising technician roles.

Review, update and develop if needed new programmes for construction managers and site supervisors that will equip them with the necessary skills to manage the implementation of low energy buildings.

Train the Trainers.

Train the Trainers

Address the knowledge gap that exists with

the current trainers

Deliver the Train the Trainer programme for

100 trainers

Develop a proposal for a system of

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

for craft trainers

Relevant, Accessible, Updatable

Technology and Pedagogy

Informed by Best Practice

NUIG, France, Netherlands


Train the Trainers

Programme Structure

20 Credits – Special Purpose Award

Certificate in Training in Low Energy

Buildings

Blended Learning Approach


Building for Energy Performance

Building Fabric

Building Services

Pedagogical Approaches

Delivery

Content provided – hardcopy and on-line

Workshops and Site Visits

Progress Checks


Implementation

Train the Trainers

Induction held last week (1st and 3rd

October in ITB)

3 Groups – 2 Dublin and 1 Sligo

50 participants

Further 2 groups after FES Pilot

Apply now

http://www.qualibuild.ie/train-the-trainer/


Foundation Energy Skills

Develop a training programme for building

construction workers on low energy building

Pilot it with 200 workers

Evaluate and refine

Relevant, Effective, Scalable

Knowledge vs Skills

Engaging, Valued, Accredited


Introduce short Foundation Energy Training for all construction workers.


Part 1

• Definitions and Terminology:

• Regulations and Rules:

• Building as a System:

• Energy Principles

Part 2• Air Tightness and Building Fabric:

• Thermal Bridging:

Part 3

• Ventilation and Condensation:

• Heating Systems:

• Energy Use in Buildings:

• Low Energy Language:

Technical Keywords

Focus and Delivery

T Windmueller

Tomas OLeary

Tomas OLearyTomas OLeary

T Windmueller

F Smyth F Smyth

N Crossan N Crossan

DISCUSSION DEMONSTRATION

DEBATE DECISION

Implementation


Content being finalised

Accredited by February 2015

Start April 2015

10 groups – regionally divided

Range of delivery methods

3 days in a row

3 individual days (spaced out)

Evenings plus demo day

1 day demo plus on-line

Expressions of Interest Invited

http://www.qualibuild.ie/fes-training/


Supporting Actions

Quality Building Registration System designed & integrated with other relevant systems

2,000 workers registered on pilot system

Quality Building Communications Campaign implemented on multiple levels engaging with >10,000 people

Media (web, radio, social media, publications etc.)

Events (seminars, conferences etc.)

Craft and Professional ‘coffee meets’

National Roll Out Plan agreed with additional finance secured



Endorsement/Support


Conclusions

BUILD UP Skills Roadmap a part of National Strategy for Construction Sector

Knowledge & Skills of construction workers need development

QualiBuild focusing on implementation

Short term opportunity for free training before National Roll Out

Influence the design of National system


A Vision - Quality Building Pass

Quality Building Pass

Foundation Skills Air Tightness

Heat Pumps Ventilation

Health & Safety


Questions


Contacts

Project Coordinator

Limerick Institute of

Technology

Nenagh Rd, Thurles

Co. Tipperary

Ireland

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.qualibuild.ie

• Partner 1

– Institute of Technology Blanchardstown

• Partner 2

– Dublin Institute of

Technology

• Partner 3

– Irish Green Building Council

• Partner 4

– Construction Industry Federation


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.qualibuild.ie/

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