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During construction
Prior to construction
LTC SEE objectives
„ Define partnerships to support the delivery of the SEE strategy.
„ Work with key stakeholders, industry professionals, other large
Deliver a skills legacy
„ Main works contractors must sign-up to the National Skills Academy.
priorities, map common skill gaps and monitor labour forecasts. a coordinated approach to addressing skills and labour demand „ Develop a Skills and Employment Working Group to determine
training standards for building
low-carbon infrastructure.
skilled roles, apprenticeships, graduate and training programmes.
„ Regularly monitor and refine our skills and labour forecasts as construction and operational plans mature and update annual
Employment and Skills Plans.
„ Delivery partners to develop their first annual Employment and
training programme.
content, including learnings from delivery partners.
understand what is available now to fill in any gaps and change
Skills Plan.
„ Continue to develop new qualifications, training programmes and
the standard of carbon education and training.
apprenticeship standards where required.
„ Define and use job role advertising/advertisement process.
„ Work with local stakeholders, existing work, education and training
Create new jobs
„ Run pre-employment programmes for disadvantaged or under- „ Ongoing engagement with existing work provisions to maximise represented groups.
opportunities for local people returning to work. .
programmes to support SEE outcomes.
„ Work with other large infrastructure projects and share learnings
„ Continue to work, and share learnings and best practice, with other „ Monitor and report on recruitment channels and outcomes. large infrastructure projects to maximise impacts and outcomes.
and best practice to maximise impacts and outcomes.
„ Provide local communities with new industry related training opportunities. „ Run recruitment and training programmes within communities, including for „ Upskill project workforce with industry training.
„ Engage with local skills and training providers to understand local within local communities. industry training needs.
„ Continued liaison with working groups to support changing needs and „ Regularly review and update the online Carbon Academy to cultivate priorities around skills, reviewing plans and maximising opportunities.
„ Continue to liaise with working groups, pre-employment, and education
„ Develop a placement programme focused on providing job roles
that are accessible to disadvantaged or underrepresented groups.
barriers to employment
and providing new and
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Main deliverables before and during construction
10. Appendices
projects and delivery partners to understand local needs and
„ Develop an Early Careers Strategy and early careers
„ Develop the Carbon Academy through partnerships to
„ Begin to understand and develop new qualifications, training programmes and apprenticeship standards where required.
„ Develop communications campaigns to promote relevant
skills, education, employment and training opportunities to
local communities.
providers to identify local job needs and priorities.
„ Use existing working groups, pre-employment programmes, and
skills and training services, to plan and prepare for construction.
Appendix 1:
by creating a higher-skilled
community and changing
by breaking down
inclusive opportunities.
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