Home Energy Efficiency Programmes Scotland: annual review 2016-2017
A review of how the Warmer Homes Scotland Scheme has performed and made progress towards meeting the scheme's stated objectives.
Part 6: Objective 5 - Community Benefits
The fifth stated objective of Warmer Homes Scotland to provide benefits to the wider community through vocational training and employment opportunities.
Warmworks finalised its Communities Strategy in November 2016. This document sets out the Community Benefits Strategic Goals and the approach Warmworks will take to achieving these goals and the specific Employment and Skills Plan ( ESP) targets that are set out in the Warmer Homes Scotland contract. The ESP targets are deliverables that Warmworks has committed to achieving, throughout the duration of the contract. Most of these will be delivered through its supply chain.
As part of the process of producing this strategy, Warmworks recognised that definitions of the ESP deliverables should be agreed and that the targets should be improved to be made more suitable to the delivery of the contract as well as being more specific. As a result, these targets were reviewed and updated by means of a Contract Variation Agreement ( CVN) that was agreed on 28 March 2017.
Table 15 shows the original deliverables and ESP project targets and Table 16 shows the revised deliverables with definitions and the revised ESP Targets.
Progress on achieving the ESP project targets up to 31 March 2017 can be found at Table 17.
In January 2017 the Scottish Government, Pennington Choices and Warmworks met to agree a format for auditing the Community Benefits requirements of the contract. Work on what will be included in these audits and how they will be carried out is on going at the time of this review.
Recommendation 12 - The outcome of the Community Benefits audits should be evaluated as part of the 2017/18 review.
Table 15: Original Project Deliverables and ESP Project Targets
| Original Deliverable | Original ESP Project Target |
|---|---|
| 1. Work Placement or Work Shadowing (14-16 years) - persons securing | 20 |
| 2. Work Placement or Work Shadowing (16 plus years) - persons | 20 |
| 3. Skills For Work: Construction Crafts | 40 |
| 4. Renewable Energy Skills Framework for Action | 50 |
| 5. Pre Apprenticeship Electrical Installation and Renewables | 40 |
| 6. Graduates - persons benefitting from graduate positions | 10 |
| 7. Apprentice (Including Modern Apprentices) Starts - new persons registered on schemes | 18 |
| 8. Existing apprentices - persons registered on existing schemes | 8 |
| 9. Apprentice (Including Modern Apprentices) Completions - persons completing apprenticeships | 18 |
| 10. Jobs created in the core PAS 2030 work areas including office / support - number of new jobs created in this area of work | 15 |
| 11. S/ NVQ Starts for Subcontractors - persons gaining award | 20 |
| 12. S/ NVQ Completions for Subcontractors - persons gaining award | 20 |
| 13. Training Plans for Subcontractors - number of plans to be completed | 6 |
| 14. Supervisor Training for Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 10 |
| 15. Leadership and Management Training for Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 10 |
| 16. Advanced Health and Safety Training for Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 15 |
Table 16: Revised Project Deliverables, Definitions and ESP Project Targets agreed in CVN No. 11
| Revised Deliverable | Revised ESP Project Target | Definition/Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Work Placement or Work Shadowing (14-16 years) - persons securing | 20 | Number of persons attending placement. From 1 full day onwards and normally <1 year. |
| 2. Work Placement or Work Shadowing (16 plus years) - persons | 20 | As above. |
| 3. Warmer Homes Scotland Related Training | 40 | Any relevant training that helps to develop skills and knowledge in relation to the delivery of the scheme, e.g. supporting trades, customer, communication and management skills, specialist knowledge, etc. |
| 4. Renewable Energy Skills Framework for Action | 50 | Training and up-skilling in relation to renewable energy, including installation, e.g. air source heat pumps. |
| 5. Pre Apprenticeship (covering all Warmer Homes Scotland related work areas) | 40 | Includes foundation apprenticeship places and pre-construction type places before MAS embarked upon. |
| 6. Graduates - persons benefitting from graduate positions | 10 | No. jobs created, secured or supported. Must be either graduate entry level new jobs with specific professional development alongside the role or part of a bespoke graduate-related recruitment scheme. |
| 7. Apprentice (Including Modern Apprentices) Starts - new persons registered on schemes | 18 | New persons registered each period (qtly or other). NB Apprenticeships can include Senior Level 5 positions too. |
| 8. Existing apprentices - persons registered on existing schemes | 8 | Cumulative from day 1 but excludes current quarter & new registrations. |
| 9. Apprentice (Including Modern Apprentices) Completions - persons completing apprenticeships | 18 | Number of people completing apprenticeship and with relevant pass certificate. |
| 10. Jobs created in the core PAS 2030 work areas including office/support - number of new jobs created in this area of work | 15 | No. relevant jobs created, secured or supported but not including apprenticeships. |
Table 16: (Continued) Revised Project Deliverables, Definitions and ESP Project Targets agreed in CVN No. 11
| Revised Deliverable | Revised ESP Project Target | Definition/Details |
|---|---|---|
| 11. S/ NVQ Starts for Main and Subcontractors - persons commencing course | 20 | Persons commencing relevant S/ NVQ. Includes main contractors and their subcontractors and must be a recognised S/ NVQ. Apprenticeship S/ NVQs also counted. |
| 12. S/ NVQ Completions for Main and Subcontractors - persons gaining award | 20 | Persons completing relevant S/ NVQ. Includes main contractors and their subcontractors and must be a recognised S/ NVQ. Apprenticeship S/ NVQs also counted. |
| 13. Training Plans for Main and Subcontractors - number of plans to be completed | 6 | To include Warmer Homes Scotland scheme training, core operational workplace and induction training, core and H&S and any training relevant to the scheme. A team or organisational plan. |
| 14. Supervisor Training for Main and Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 10 | Includes main contractors and their subcontractors. |
| 15. Leadership and Management Training for Main and Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 10 | Includes main contractors and their subcontractors. |
| 16. Advanced Health and Safety Training for Main and Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 15 | Non core H&S training. For example - TETRA. Includes main contractors and their subcontractors. |
Table 17: Project Deliverables, ESP Project Targets and progress on achieving them
| Deliverable | ESP Project Target | ESP Deliverables Achieved in 2016/17 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Work Placement or Work Shadowing (14-16 years) - persons securing | 20 | 4 |
| 2. Work Placement or Work Shadowing (16 plus years) - persons | 20 | 22 |
| 3. Warmer Homes Scotland Related Training | 40 | 20 |
| 4. Renewable Energy Skills Framework for Action | 50 | 0 |
| 5. Pre Apprenticeship (covering all Warmer Homes Scotland related work areas) | 40 | 0 |
| 6. Graduates - persons benefitting from graduate positions | 10 | 4 |
| 7. Apprentice (Including Modern Apprentices) Starts - new persons registered on schemes | 18 | 35 |
| 8. Existing apprentices - persons registered on existing schemes | 8 | 8 |
| 9. Apprentice (Including Modern Apprentices) Completions - persons completing apprenticeships | 18 | 13 |
| 10. Jobs created in the core PAS 2030 work areas including office / support - number of new jobs created in this area of work | 15 | 243 |
| 11. S/ NVQ Starts for Main and Subcontractors - persons commencing course | 20 | 54 |
| 12. S/ NVQ Completions for Main and Subcontractors - persons gaining award | 20 | 16 |
| 13. Training Plans for Main and Subcontractors - number of plans to be completed | 6 | 74 |
| 14. Supervisor Training for Main and Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 10 | 7 |
| 15. Leadership and Management Training for Main and Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 10 | 4 |
| 16. Advanced Health and Safety Training for Main and Subcontractors - persons to be trained | 15 | 145 |
Recommendation 13 - The progress being made on the Community Benefits requirement under the Warmer Homes Scotland contract should be a key focus of the 2017/18 Review.
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