Zero Waste Scotland

1. Wednesday 11th November 2015 Zero Waste Scotland Skills for a Circular Economy zerowastescotland.org.uk @zerowastescot

2. What is a Circular Economy? ….. How can we #MakeThingsLast? • Designs value retention into the economy • Move away from ‘take, make, dispose’ • Will be enabled by: • Design for regeneration • Substituting materials • Products to services • Sharing or peer-to-peer economy • Repair and resupply industries Scotland is at the forefront of this

3. In a diagram…?www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org

4. Our Goals

5. Why bother? • Business risk • Value retention • Jobs and growth • Climate change • Scotland’s comparative advantage

6. Value creation and retention

7. Jobs

8. Climate change

9. Scotland’s comparative advantage

10. Scottish Government CE Strategy ConsultationOct 2015 We want to embed the development of new skills and thinking in the next generation of designers, business leaders and innovators. We are proposing actions to help make sure Scotland’s workforce has the right skills to take advantage of opportunities from a more circular economy. • Builds on existing zero waste progress/extensive evidence programme • Considers a range of actions around ‘loops’ (repair, reuse recycle, remanufacture)

11. Skills focus What is already happening to support skills for a circular economy? • ZWS Workforce Development Upskilling Programme (RM and CE) Reuse, Repair • SWITCH Forum Competency Framework: standard setting for Resource Management • Engaging with industry partners and academia across a number of sectors (including resource management, resource efficiency, reuse and repair, creative industries and design) to identify skill needs. • Partnership with HE to establish Scottish Institute of Remanufacturing • Scoping out report for remanufacturing skills

12. ZWS Workforce Development Upskilling Programme (RM and CE) ZWS Short Training Programmes Frontline Communications Training Updated Core programme + 6 new modules: • Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) • Street cleansing staff which will be based on the national litter and fly-tipping strategy • Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) Staff based on the new MRF Code of • Practice and Guidance • Contamination • Promotion of Services • Material Value and Reuse Repair Skills (Pilot) MRF Quality Training based on new COP and Guidance Thematic Workshops

13. ZWS Support for Qualifications /Accredited Training ProgrammesSupport for Formal Qualifications • FLES Award – Working at Heights Unit – optional now • HNC in Sustainable Resource Management • MA in Sustainable Resource Management Developing the Workforce Programme 2015 – 2018 • Mentoring Skills for frontline staff • Coaching for Supervisors • Planning and Delivering Training to Groups • Delivering Toolbox Talks Effectively • Assessors Development of a capacity building programme for SMEs • Skills For Growth • Healthy Working Lives Building Waste Smart Capacity Project - continuation

14. SWITCH Forum SWITCH aims to create a Resource Management industry that: • Is safe and healthy to work in • Actively supports education, training, learning and development • Increases workforce capacity and competence • Develops and shares good practice • Creates an industry that is attractive as a career choice • Creates clear career and learner pathways By • Using an action-focussed and peer-led approach • Encouraging and enabling change to take place • Working collaboratively to identify emerging issues; explore creative solutions; share ideas, promote good practice, work to achieve higher standards across all its working themes

15. SQA Health and Safety Executive HSE

16. Developments Executive Steering Group • Development of Constitution • Communication and Engagement Plan • Creation of ambassadors to encourage culture change H&S Working Group • Promoting WISH Guidance • Contributing to the work of all the WISH Working groups • H&S Events

17. Current Developments L&D Working Group • Resource Management Competence Framework – key Development • Self-assessment Questionnaire and Guide for Employers • Training Mapping • L&D Event – planned 17 Feb 2015

18. What is a Competence Framework? • Competences are the skills, knowledge and attributes essential to perform certain functions, critical in specific roles. • They are what is expected of a person in areas and levels of performance • It is widely recognised throughout the vocational education and training system that competence is based on “assessment, consistently, over time, in the workplace”. • A competence framework specifies thecore competences for roles within the industry and can be used for: Job Design Recruitment Performance Management Training & Development Career development Succession planning

19. Why do we need one and how will it be used? • Aimed at providing a baseline for the industry to improve competence, and hence health and safety. • Includes significant focus on health, safety and the environment. • Organisations can assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of training in particular induction training. • Support the identification of areas for development. • Support ongoing performance management and assessment. • Inform training needs and programme design. • Support Career planning.

22. Potential RM Industry Passport Scheme? • In many industries the acceptance of a common standard for competence and training across employers has led to significant financial benefits to both asset owners and supply chain partners. • This has been achieved through: • Reduction in duplicate/unnecessary training • Increased speed in getting people to work • Enhanced competence resulting in a reduction in down time from incidents • Once approved, the competence framework could be used as the basis for developing such a scheme for the Resource Management and Recycling Industry in Scotland

23. Learning and Development Event - 17 February Glasgow • Formal Launch of Competence Framework • Keynote speakers – why education/learning is important • Workshops: - MAs in SRM (GCC) - HWRC Guide (Renfrewshire) - Occupational Health (Moray) - Funding for training (SDS) - Available Training (ZWS/ • Putting the competence framework into practice: - Wm Tracey’s Training Academy - East Lothian Council Developing People - Fife Council’s Level 1 Induction Programme - Other examples of how organisations are using it

24. Skills focusWhat are the key challenges to address in terms of developing required skills? • Major shifts needed in culture, behaviour and attitude: - need to engage industry at all levels and be clear on the business case for them - Society needs to embrace remanufacture and second-hand over new • Requirement to inform and educate students FE, HE, and school about CE concept • Lack of awareness of importance / benefits to business and organisations of the CE model

25. Skills focusWhat are the main opportunities that could be targeted? • Opportunities for training providers around building awareness and capacity to meet a range of industry’s needs • CERMSA (Skills Academy) looking to work with interested training providers to upskill staff in partnership with ZWS. • For example do we: - Prioritise design as an area for integrating CE into formal qualifications - Integrate CE into general business skills – Business Studies, MBAs - Build on existing work to upskill procurement professionals around whole life costing - Identify the specific programmes that need to be changed, e.g. SVQs - Create ready-made qualifications

26. Email: fiona.craig @zerowastescotland.org.uk Tel: 01786 239797 Mob: 07715 066456