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BUILD UP Skills IRELAND

This project aims to improve the skills and training provision in the Irish building sector to meet the energy targets set for 2020. It involves consortium coordination, industry input, employee consultation, and stakeholder engagement over a 12-month period.

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BUILD UP Skills IRELAND

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  1. BUILD UP Skills IRELAND Project Summary

  2. Consortium Coordination and Dissemination Industry Input Status Quo Employee Input Consultation/RoadMap

  3. Project Structure Consultation with Stakeholders and Market Actors over a 12 month period – Key to Endorsement

  4. Training/Skills Construction Policy New Building Regulations Focus on Retrofitting 1 million dwellings Buildings account for 40% of energy saving targets Collapse in Construction Sector Rapidly changing Regulations Consumer Demand for Low Energy Buildings Market drive demand for upskilling/new skills Changing Educational/Training Framework Multiple Providers (Public and Private) Context

  5. Project Supporters

  6. Key Outputs • Status Quo Report – April 2012 • Outlining the current range of education and training programmes available • Identifying gaps that exist in relation to training provision/skills available and requirements to meet 2020 energy targets • RoadMap – April 2013 – To be endorsed Nationally • Identify measures to overcome barriers and skill gaps in the various professions to meet the 2020 targets in the building sector; • Embed training on intelligent energy solutions through changes in the mainstream curricula and practice. • Put in place the necessary measures to ensure that the added value of a more highly qualified workforce is recognised and the use of qualified workers is incentivised or made obligatory

  7. Contacts • Project Coordinator • Seamus Hoyne • Limerick Institute of Technology, Tipperary • Nenagh Rd • Thurles • Co. Tipperary • Ireland • Email: seamus.hoyne@lit.ie • Tel: +353 (0)504 28114

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