Project impact targets achieved:
504 new learners (on courses leading to a full qualification)
Addresses a shortage of skills in Oxfordshire
Supports a greener and cleaner future
320 new learners (on other courses)
Green Construction Skills Centre
Total project cost: £4.5 million
GBF awarded: £2.7 million
Status: Outcomes and outputs completed
‘Lighting the Spark’: Green Construction Skills Centre
This new centre in Abingdon is helping meet the forecast demand for green construction skills by offering a variety of training programmes in low or zero-carbon new build and retrofit construction.
It offers training programmes for young people in Oxfordshire, including school engagement activities, full-time courses for 16 to 18-year-olds (including T Levels), higher-level programmes and apprenticeships.
Delivery partner: Abingdon and Witney College
Please note: This programme was delivered when Enterprise Oxfordshire were operating as OxLEP.
The completely new-build facility also benefits those already operating in the construction sector, as well as people looking to enter it, through adult training programmes and upskilling courses.
Courses have been designed with the input from key employers and sector bodies – such as the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) – as well as those with specialisms and an interest in green issues, with training focused on areas such as low or zero carbon technologies for both new build and retrofit construction projects.