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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SURVEY
A NEW SURVEY AIMS TO OBTAIN THE VIEWS OF THE industry about which environmental assessment schemes are currently being used across construction, and which may be used in the foreseeable future. The survey is aimed at clients, principal and other contractors, architects, designers and other consultants, and assessment bodies throughout the construction sector. The survey is part of an industry study in support of a key action in the government’s ‘Low Carbon Construction Action Plan’. The study will look at whether there is any industry appetite for a wide-ranging environmental accreditation scheme. Once the study is complete, recommendations will be made to the Green Construction Board’s ‘Greening the industry’ Working Group. The survey aims to find out about engagement with current
industry-wide environmental schemes such as: n BS EN ISO 14001: 2004 (Environmental Management); n The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); n ISO 14005:2010/BS 8555: 2003; n BS EN ISO 50001:2011 (Energy Management); n PAS 91: 2010 Construction related Procurement. Pre-qualification questionnaire;
n The Carbon Trust Standard; and n The ‘Considerate Constructor’ company registration scheme. All businesses and other organisations in the industry are invited to take part in the survey, which is open until 15 September at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Lowcarbaccredscheme
ECA backs Ofsted report
FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF THE Ofsted Skills for employment report, the ECA has joined its call to ensure that further education courses provide outcomes that lead to sustained employment. To do this, the ECA says, courses – including apprenticeships – must be recognised by industry. This is particularly important if the government is to restore faith in the apprenticeship ‘brand’.
Iain Macdonald, ECA head of Education
and Training, said: ‘It’s reassuring to hear that Ofsted has drawn the same conclusions as we have about whether some courses and, indeed, some apprenticeships, really deliver people into work, and so offer value for money. ‘It boils down to a question of allocating funding appropriately. We strongly believe that government needs to work with industry to only fund courses that prepare an individual for a career, whether in a catering firm, a manufacturing plant or, indeed, as an electrician. Government
must take heed and ensure that only courses, and apprenticeships, with industry-recognised outcomes receive funding. It is these that provide a real route to employment, guaranteeing the government’s investment will pay dividends in years to come.’
Macdonald continued: ‘Ensuring we have a skilled workforce – as a result of the right training – is the best possible return on investment. In the electrical industry, we provide the people who will help the government implement its ambitious strategy to deliver buildings and infrastructure in a more sustainable way. If training does not deliver people fit for work, then as a country we will suffer the consequences – environmentally, if we do not meet our carbon reduction targets, as well as economically and socially if we increase our reliance on foreign labour, who – whilst they make a very important contribution to the industry – do not provide the UK with a sustainable future.’
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