Member Event: Technicians through Partnerships in Norfolk: Apprenticeship Launch Event

Mott MacDonald Ltd in partnership with TEN Group invites you to: Technicians through Partnerships in Norfolk: the Business Case.

Advanced Apprenticeship Launch Event.

The education and development of engineering technicians is critical for the success of the UK.

This meeting will demonstrate the business case for a partnership approach as well as explaining the opportunities available, particularly to employers. It will detail case studies in Civil Engineering to show how colleges and the construction industry have worked together successfully in London, Yorkshire, Bristol and Merseyside, offering models that others can follow.

Speakers include:

Eddie Tyrer: Mott MacDonald Ltd

Sheila Hoile: MBE Hoile Associates

Zoe Cater-Owen: Mott MacDonald Ltd

Chaired by: Mott MacDonald Ltd

Who should attend this meeting?

The meeting is being held specifically to inform the construction industry – employers, consultants and contractors, about how employing technical apprentices in Civil Engineering can be of benefit and how participation can be measured as a return on capital investment.

Reasons to attend this meeting

Embedding the opportunity for a professional qualification in the academic course and supporting this through work-based learning will be shown to promote employee self-confidence and lead to motivated and productive employees who understand your business and ways of working. Added to this we will explain the impact of achieving a professional qualification, concurrent with studying, using Technician membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers as a case study.

Colleges are increasingly beginning to

understand why simply offering traditional courses no longer meets employer expectations. Case studies from successful employer consortia already established in England will illustrate how added value can be successfully integrated into courses structures and how advent of the new Technical Apprenticeship in Civil Engineering, is an exciting initiative and how companies can benefit from Government funding to support training costs.

As an industry we have forgotten

that Technical Apprenticeship courses offer the possibility of leading to the highest levels of professional attainment and are a valid alternative to full-time university education.

This conference will enable you to give advice on the choices, based on robust evidence and will show how the Institution of Civil Engineers has acted as a catalyst for change and can be a major contributor to the relevance and quality of vocational courses.

As the construction market is rapidly changing through commercial and technical developments, for example BIM, the Technicians will be at the forefront of this change, allowing your companies to be aware of new developments and enabling your existing staff to learn through these young and enthusiastic construction students.