Award of Regional Construction Skills Training Framework to Multiple Colleges and Training Providers
West Midlands Combined Authority · Awarded contract
AwardedAward of Regional Construction Skills Training Framework to Multiple Colleges and Training Providers
Awarded 04 Jan 2019
Awarded04 Jan 2019
Value£7,500,000.00
RegionWest Midlands
CategoryEducation & Training
Ended 3y 10mo ago4y term
Awarded 4 Jan 2019Expired 3 Jan 2023
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West Midlands Combined Authority awarded a contract to Birmingham Metropolitan College, City of Wolverhampton College, Gateshead College, Infra Skills Ltd, Professional Quality Management Ltd, RMF Construction Training Academy, and Solihull College and University Centre for the Regional Construction Skills Framework, valued at AUD 7,500,000.
The framework aimed to support unemployed and socially disadvantaged residents into construction training and employment, increase wages and progression opportunities, provide skills and retraining support to construction workers at risk of redundancy, deliver engagement programmes with young people in schools and colleges, enhance curriculum delivery in construction-related subjects, enable access to targeted work experience placements, expand pre-apprenticeship training opportunities, increase the number of ex-services personnel undertaking training, and establish targeted recruitment campaigns to promote the construction industry with a focus on women and other under-represented groups.
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Award of Regional Construction Skills Training Framework to Multiple Colleges and Training Providers
Won by Birmingham Metropolitan College,City of Wolverhampton College,Gateshead College,Infra Skills Ltd,Professional Quality Management Ltd,RMF Construction Training Academy,Solihull College and University Centre,South and City College,The Construction Skills People,Total Training Company,Walsall College · West Midlands Combined Authority
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