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BeOnsite is a national not-for-profit company established by Bovis Lend Lease to coordinate the delivery of sustainable construction jobs and training in line with industry needs.
BeOnsite not only supports the training requirement of the construction industry supply chain, but seeks to build a more diverse workforce, be an offer for the industry and demonstrate to government a new way of tackling reoffending, city centre worklessness and the skills shortage.
BeOnsite takes individuals some of whom have been socially excluded and who have low levels of existing skills and supports them into work. The model involves a short pre-employment programme which includes training in employability, health and safety and bespoke industry learning. This is followed by on-the-job training which provides a pathway into a specific trade or skill set. This employer-led model enables individuals to become fully-skilled and employed in key trades by training on the job over a period of years and undertaking a professional qualification. Each person’s training and employment path is discussed and mapped out with contractors, to provide clear routes from entry to employment and onto fully qualified tradesperson status.
BeOnsite also works with ex-offenders and has found that many currently serving prisoners have little if any experience of the world of work. As a result they are likely to have many misconceptions, unrealistic expectations, fears and doubts. BeOnsite seeks to identify and attempt to deal with these from the outset as this approach is much more likely to result in sustained employment. The key difference of the BeOnsite approach to working with offenders is that the candidates start with a supported and real experience of the world of work as early in the process as possible. This way they are moving towards an experienced and chosen 'preferred future' rather than an unknown 'foreign land' that they hear about but can't positively relate to. Both they and their mentors are dealing with reality rather than an 'imagined world' from the beginning. Thus BeOnsite employees can not only turn around their own lives but also help others to achieve the same.
As technology develops within the construction industry, new skills are needed. BeOnsite works directly with the supply chain to understand what the skills are and then organises bespoke training using employer-led provision with direct influence from the manufacturers. In some cases, training is provided directly by manufacturers. This collaborative approach working with industry, Government, sector skills councils and training providers looks to ensure the industry gets the training provision it needs, the individual gains sustainable careers, and the UK remains competitive within a global economy.
BeOnsite is the culmination of eleven years of Bovis Lend Lease’s industry leadership in linking local people to construction training and jobs resulting in almost 12,000 people finding construction employment, and a further 11,000 people going into retail jobs.
If you’d like to find out more about BeOnsite, please contact us. |
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