Construction

Next Meeting of Group is:

September 2008 - Date to be confirmed

LSC Contacts:

Nigel Gaynor (Chair)
Frankie Yorke
Kathy McHugo

For more information please contact Matthew.Armstrong@lsc.gov.uk

Group Contact List:

Birmingham & Solihull
Brian Tomkinson, South Birmingham College, Brian.tomkinson@sbc.ac.uk

Black Country
Kevin Stevens, Stourbridge College, Kevin.Stevens@stourbridge.ac.uk
Kevin Moran, Black Country LLN, k.moran@bcftcs.ac.uk

Coventry and Warwickshire
TBC, North Warwickshire & Hinkley College

Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire
Nick Danter, Worcester College of Technology, ndanter@wortech.ac.uk
Russell Joseph, Evesham College, rjoseph@evesham.ac.uk
Adrian Morris, Hereford College of Technology, morrisa@hct.ac.uk
TBC, Shrewsbury College

Staffordshire
George Carr, Stoke College, gcarr1sc@stokecoll.ac.uk

Regional Contacts
Kevin Dowd, Summit Skills, kevin.dowd@summitskills.org.uk
Mick O’Flynn, Construction Skills, mick.oflynn@cskills.org
Amanda Sergeant, Construction Skills, amanda.sergeant@cskills.org
Denise West, Carillion PLC, Denise.west@carillionplc.com
Dave Meseck, West Midlands Brokerage, davemeseck@businesslinkwm.co.uk

Group Remit:

The Terms of Reference for the group, which outlines its remit, are currently being reviewed, once available they will be uploaded on this area.

Sub Group:

A sub group to discuss Quality of provision has been set up and had its initial meeting on Tuesday 29th April. Key issues identified included: Specialist Diploma, management of the learner, minimum levels of performance, staffing/recruitment, training Quality Standard, and increasing apprenticeship numbers. These issues will now be part of the main SPN agenda

For more information please contact Matthew Armstrong: Matthew.Armstrong@lsc.gov.uk

Key Documents:

Minutes

Below you will find a link to minutes from past meetings of the group, for more information regarding the groups activities please contact any of your designated sub regional contacts (contact details provided above) or contact Matthew Armstrong; Matthew.Armstrong@lsc.gov.uk

3rd September 07 - click here
29th October 07 - click here
11th December 07 - click here
15th May 08 - no minutes

Sector Reviews/Action Plans

The Construction Review of education and training is one of the key drivers of this SPN

The document provides a valuable insight into the supply and demand for provision related to these sectors, the quality & performance of provision, and provides a detailed action plan for the sectors based on the reports findings. This action plan is being driven forward by both the main SPN, and its two sub-groups

To view and download the document please click here