The “Driving Construction Machinery” professional certification, the result of a territorial cooperation to match local building companies´ needs.

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Description

Creation of the professional certification "Driving Construction Machinery" 30 years ago to respond to a local need of revenue-generating activities. It has been rewritten in 2018 to match companies’ needs, with more flexibility and for it to match the different categories of CACES (Safe Driving Aptitude Certificates), depending on the construction machines concerned.

Partners

Promoter: Regional VTCs´ management associations of Centre-Val de Loire
Partner: CCCA-BTP

Aim

Ensure that local workers have the skills needed by local companies and that these skills are recognised and valued by the job market.

Outcomes

Impacts/Outcomes 1:
25 to 30 drivers certified each year in each VTC.
Impacts/Outcomes 2:
Social and professional integration to the territory of job-seekers and people with disabilities.

Policy/Initiative

Skills Shortages:
The certification was rewritten in accordance with companies´ skills needs and expectations to fulfill skills shortages concerning construction machines driving.

Recommendations

Training:
The certification is conceived by skills blocks, which means that learners (young apprentices or experienced construction workers) can validate it wholly or partly depending on their needs.
Career Moves:
The certification allows construction workers with disabilities due to their activities to continue to work in the construction sector at a more adapted position.
Other:
The certification eases the socio-professional integration of apprentices, job seekers, people with disabilities and experienced construction workers.
Training:The certification is conceived by skills blocks, which means that learners (young apprentices or experienced construction workers) can validate it wholly or partly depending on their needs.Career Moves:The certification allows construction workers with disabilities due to their activities to continue to work in the construction sector at a more adapted position.Other:The certification eases the socio-professional integration of apprentices, job seekers, people with disabilities and experienced construction workers.

Contact Information

Name of Organisation:CCCA-BTP
Role:Partner
Address:19 rue du Père Corentin 75014
Zip/City:Paris
Country:France
Telephone:+33 1 40 64 26 34
Website:https://www.ccca-btp.fr/
Contact Person
Contact Name:Christelle Soulard
Contact Phone:+33 1 40 64 26 34
Contact Email:christelle.soulard@ccca-btp.fr
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