Build Up Skills: Construye 2020
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Promotion of construction workers’ qualification on aspects of Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy Systems (RES).
The project sought to promote the qualifications of workers in the construction industry, mainly in building, with the aim of acquiring sufficient skills in Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RES) to meet the targets set by Europe for 2020.
Partners
Fundación Laboral de la Construcción
Aim
The final goal of the project has been to qualify workers in the building sector, in order to get enough specialized labour force in energy efficiency and renewable energy issues. To achieve this, the following objectives were established:
Design training actions related to professional occupations and competences on Energy Efficiency (EE) and installation of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) in buildings, where training deficiencies were identified
Conduct pilot courses to validate the training contents designed during the project
Reviewing and updating existing professional qualifications, as well as developing new skills in geothermal system installation
Improve the vocational training system with actions identified as key to having a system that can quickly anticipate changes in the labour market, as well as react quickly to adapt qualifications and their associated training to unexpected circumstances
Disseminate the Construye 2020 initiative in order to reach all key actors and target groups related to the actions proposed in the project, as well as to raise awareness about the need to undertake energy renovations in existing buildings.
Create added value at European level by carrying out specific exchange activities with similar projects in other countries
Outcomes
Impacts/Outcomes 1:Training plans and training actions have been designed with the intention of increasing the construction industry workers’ skills in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies. The aim of these actions has been to improve, as far as possible, the vocational training system, trying to update it and to be able to give a quick response to the productive changes (even though this adaptation is not as quick as it would be desirable). Thus, training actions have been incorporated into the sector's state reference plans approved by the public administration. They have also contributed to a certain extent to the improvement of the national system of professional qualifications, especially in the field of geothermal systems. All in all, this training work has made possible to partially cover some of the training needs in the sector in the short term and to prepare the basis for a future training system that is capable of responding to the qualification needs of workers in the immediate future.
Furthermore, this training has been given a European dimension by encouraging mutual learning between countries.
Impacts/Outcomes 2:
Direct training of more than 400 students in Spain, in response to the demand for qualified workers within the sector in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy. As well as, a platform on professional training where numerous students have received orientation and training.
Impacts/Outcomes 3:
Important work to raise awareness of all the actors involved in society, both construction workers and companies and citizens, with regard to reducing greenhouse gases, improving energy efficiency and promoting renewable energies. Seminars, good practice guides and dissemination in 15 Spanish cities with the participation of over 100 institutions have contributed significantly to laying the social foundations for a sustainable future for the sector.
Policy/Initiative
Skills Shortages:The project contributes to solve the lack of training and qualification of workers in the construction sector, where the productive and environmental change leads towards guiding the sector to the improvement of the energy efficiency and to the promotion of the renewable energies systems. It is necessary to train target groups to reach the goals established in the European regulations, and this project sets the basis for it.
Recommendations
Training:All parties involved in the implementation of building construction should acquire through training the necessary knowledge and skills in energy efficiency and renewable energy in order to be a highly competitive sector.
Society in general must be aware of these issues as citizens in the building sector in order to achieve a reduction in greenhouse gases, energy savings and an increased use of renewable energy.
Society in general must be aware of these issues as citizens in the building sector in order to achieve a reduction in greenhouse gases, energy savings and an increased use of renewable energy.
Contact Information
| Name of Organisation: | Fundación Laboral de la Construcción |
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| Role: | Promoter |
| Address: | C/Rivas, 25, Pol. Ind. Vicálvaro, Madrid, 28052 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Email: | internationalprojects@fundacionlaboral.org |
| Website: | http://construye2020.eu/en/ |
| Contact Person | |
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| Contact Name: | Esther Rodríguez |
| Contact Phone: | +34 900 11 21 21 |
| Contact Email: | esrodriguez@fundacionlaboral.org |