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BESA assessor scheme to address ‘critical shortage’
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he Building Engineering Services Association has launched a programme to tackle a shortage of trainers and assessors,
which it says threatens to “leave the building services industry on its knees”. Following a detailed study of the sector’s
skills requirements, the Association believes the “critically low” number of trainers and assessors is undermining the industry’s whole further education (FE) process. It said that failing to address this issue would leave the industry unable to plug skills gaps and meet demand for its services by the end of this decade. Therefore, it has launched the ‘BESA Skills
Legacy’ programme to enlist the help of experienced industry members who can help education providers deliver the courses needed to increase the number of qualifi ed people entering the sector.
BESA said the scheme could reassure colleges and other education providers that building engineering training courses would be supported so they could invest in the necessary resources. The lack of appropriately qualifi ed people to operate and run training and apprenticeship schemes means the FE sector regards the sector as high risk, leading to a shortage of training capacity nationwide. “Our workforce is ageing and is already under intense pressure,” said BESA’s head of skills and
policy Stuart Rattray. “The average age across construction-related sectors is 53, so without a dramatic increase in numbers of young people coming in, a labour force crunch is looming. “However, simply improving recruitment will not
address the fundamental problems we face. Unless we address the shortage of trainers and assessors who can deliver programmes, the industry will be unable to meet demand within a few short years.” Rattray said that the Skills Legacy scheme is aimed primarily at engineers with practical experience who may be in the later stages of their careers and who are looking for either a new challenge or the chance to “give something back” to their industry by helping to foster a new generation of engineers.
Launched to coincide with National
Apprenticeship Week 2025 (#NAW25), BESA’s nationwide scheme is bringing together employers, represented by BESA, and the FE sector to provide a pathway for anyone with the right skills, experience and qualifi cations to become a qualifi ed trainer or assessor.
Individuals must be qualifi ed to the level they assess and will support courses in their own technical discipline. The Association has already established a national network of FE providers to deliver the nationally recognised training, assessor, and quality assurance (TAQA) Level 3 programme in every part of the UK.
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