FEATURE SPONSOR
SPOTLIGHT ON IRELAND
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The Department of Employment and Learning support the collaboration providing funding to develop the capacity to support B9 Energy through the delivery of Level 2 and Level 3 vocational Diplomas in Wind Turbine Operation and Maintenance and a level 3 Technical Certificate which is now an integral part of wind apprenticeship frameworks.
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Belfast Met and B9 Energy are at the forefront of innovative solutions in assessing competence in this sector with B9 Energy embracing strategies to integrate their experience, training senior operatives as work based assessors, becoming an integral part of the assessment process.
This pioneering work developed by Belfast Metropolitan College and B9 Energy has been successfully piloted for the last two years across the UK and Ireland, currently promoted by the National Skills Academy as a model for the sector. Belfast Met and B9 Energy will assist DONG Energy to embed this robust quality assurance mechanism into their apprenticeship programme, linking up with Swale Skills Centre to deliver the industry standard City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical Power Engineering Wind Turbine Technical Certificate and the Level 2 & 3 Wind Turbine Vocational Diplomas in Installation and Commissioning & Operation and Maintenance.
COMMITMENT
TRAINING INVESTMENT Investment in training and continuing professional development is a pre- requisite for success in today’s business environment and our mission is to provide training that promotes the development of skills and knowledge in the wind sector. Through innovation in the delivery of our training programmes and collaboration with industry with students from our renewable energy courses recently gaining experience with Offshore Wind Force at the DONG Energy logistics and assembly facility in Belfast Harbour.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT In September 2012 the college launched a new £18M economic development project e3, a state-of-the-art BREEAM excellent standard training facility, incorporating and showcasing the latest in renewable energy and energy management technologies.
The new e3 renewable workshops are designed to emulate current industry practice and the training portfolio caters for a range of wind energy technical support including…
• Control and Instrumentation • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Fluid Power – Hydraulic and Pneumatic
• Mechanical Engineering • Aeronautical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Composites Manufacture and Repair (Blade Repair Techniques)
• Metal Fabrication, Welding/Inspection • NDT
Belfast Met is committed to the advancement of skills in the wind energy sector and understands the value of providing access to equipment and technical expertise to provide a wide range of sector specific training programmes through their partners in the Energy Skills Training Network.
The college works closely with the National Skills Academy for Power, Energy and Utility Skills and the Renewable Training Network as an integral part of the national forum to provide technical training for the sector.
WORKING TOGETHER
Energy and Utility Skills, the Sector Skills Council responsible for the development of the Wind Turbine qualifications, have been working closely with the course team at the college.
Joanne Sykes, NI Engagement Manager said “The partnership between B9 energy and Belfast Metropolitan College provides an innovative solution to meet the skills demand within the energy sector. EU Skills are encouraged by the progress, following on from the work carried out to develop the National Occupational Standards.”
Belfast Metropolitan College
www.belfastmet.ac.uk
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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