TRAINING & SUPPORT
Online support:
Companies often need assistance on where specific help can be found to answer a particular question. Whereever possible this is included in the guidance notes to the question but specific questions can be emailed to info@ciaps.org.uk . However, member companies often request more in depth help which cannot be provided online. Therefore two training programmes have developed with Evolution - IP and SuccessTrain to assist such companies.
For companies seeking certification for the first time:
Experience has shown that many companies wishing to become Listed or directly progressing to the Accredited level, have little or no experience of self-certification or UKAS-accredited inspection procedures. Therefore, the two day programme (Introduction to Certification) assists a company to understand what is needed, why it is needed and how it can be easily achieved. This course has been submitted to ABBE (the Awarding Body for the Built Environment) for accreditation , whereby succesful participants can awarded a diploma. For more information on this course click here.
For clients and managing contractors:
For those clients and companies seeking to verify compliance with the 'Construction Commitments', there is an advanced ten day programme that leads the participants through the integration of the six Commitment disciplines into their company's management practices. Again, diploma status is being sought via ABBE. For more information on this course click here.
Financial support for these training programmes:
Funding streams which subsidise construction training programmes are often difficult to identify because the funding organisations differ from region to region. Accordingly, funding and/or sponsorship cannot be guaranteed but the training providers will identify subsidies available at the time of enquiry. To date SME’s have been able to offset most of their training costs through grant aid.