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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007 – Asset Skills’ Perspective
Richard BeamishAsset Skills Council CEO
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
• To remind you:– Commitment to train all staff to at least level 2 or equivalent – Literacy Level 1– Numeracy Foundation Level 3
• In return:– Skills analysis from Train to Gain– Support funding
• Can go higher
Skills Pledge
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
• Signatories include:– OCS– Initial– Mitie– Veolia– Serco– Asset Skills
Skills Pledge
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
• Exceed 40% of the adult population qualified to Level 4 and above
• Exceed 90% of the adult population qualified to at least Level 2
• 95% of adults to achieve functional literacy and numeracy
• Double apprenticeship volumes• Increase employer investment in skills (a deal for a deal)
Leitch World Class Targets
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Compulsion ?
Sector Skills Councils required to discuss with employers compulsion options:
• Levies • Licence to Practice• Tax Penalties• Tax Incentives
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Role for Sector Skills Councils
• Research• Qualifications• Employer Engagement• Voice of Employers to Government
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Employment & Skills Commission
• Chair – Sir Michael Rake• Led by Department for Work & Pensions and Department for
Education & Skills• UK wide remit• Regulatory role• Qualifications role• Hold Government to account on skills• Take over from Sector Skills Development Agency on 1 April 2008
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Learning and Skills Council Role
• Two forms of support funding in England:– Train to Gain
• Demand led system
• Focus on needs of employers
– Learner Accounts• Unique learner numbers
• Skills Passports
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Asset Skills
• Actions from Sector Skills Agreement:– Career pathways
– Raising the profile of FM
– Attracting people into the profession
– Refining HE/FE Provision
– Effective industry representation
– Single qualifications spine
• Work through professional bodies wherever possible• Develop occupational standards• Approve qualifications• Drive basic skills and employability agendas
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Key Partners
• BIFM• Action FM• BSA• FMA• CSSA• FM Board
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Leitch – a real breakthrough
The onus is on us to make it work and to help employers discover for themselves the benefits of a
skilled, competent and confident workforce
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Chris Wood & Valerie EverittBIFM Professional Standards & Education
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Where we are today
• Links with accredited university courses• Developing CPD framework and programme• CFM Examination• Relationships with Asset Skills and QCA
• Training product set through BIFM Training JVOpen programme
In-house employer bespoke programmes
• Professional qualification with three routesBIFM Exams Parts I & II
Professional competence
Higher education
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
BIFM at a crossroads …
Employer engagement
• Influence of the national agenda
Leitch Report
Asset Skills – the Sector Skills Council for FM• Maturing status of FM as a valued profession• Diversity in employment market• Need for transparent, coherent qualifications framework
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Consultation so far
• Competence Review• Structure Review• Asset Skills Sector reports and outputs• Feedback from exam candidates and tuition
providers• Education White Paper• Membership communication and feedback
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Messages received
• Enhanced market credibility• Recognition at key stages• Opportunities for career pathways• Accessibility and flexibility• Transparency and alignment• External accreditation• In line with national agenda
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Messages from Leitch
• Qualifications to add value in the labour market• Embed a culture of learning• Strengthen the employer voice• Supply-led skills system demand-led system• UK must raise its game• Radical step change necessary
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Implementation
Entry to intermediate level qualifications with
established awarding body
Revised BIFM examinations &
CFM
HE quals
New higher level FM qualifications – Foundation degrees
Consultation on membership grades and transition
Employer engagement and input
New FM vocational qualifications endorsed by BIFM
CFM developed by IFMA
Revised BIFM examinations put in QCA framework
QCA Awarding Body status sought by BIFM
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
The way ahead
• Promote and support CPD• Membership consultation re professional grade
recognition• Engagement with QCA – ongoing• Accreditation of re-modelled exams• Development of NOS – with Asset Skills
• Memorandum of Understanding with ILM for Level 3• Links between BIFM Training and ILM
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Employer engagement
• Employer Forum
- not a one-off
- test industry appetite
- follow-up to capture employer views, continuing participation and input
- feedback on grades of membership and link to qualifications
• Establish an Employer Steering Group- help with re-modelling existing Qual products
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
Raised ambitions – shared ownership?
EmployersGovernment
Individuals
• Facilitate?
• Lead?
• Support?
• Partner?
BIFM Employer Forum
BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007
But for today …
• How does the strategy match your expectations and requirements?
• What is your Number 1 concern as an employer?• What’s missing?
Now - over to you
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www.bifm.org.uk/employerforum