West Anglia Training Association

GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATIONS Established during 1960s/70s as employer training companies created by member companies for member companies Curriculum driven by needs of membership Management and direct delivery of training on behalf of members Member company trustees Charitable status with funds reinvested for good and benefit of members and the Region

Valued by Employers and Government As well-established charitable entities providing an employer-led public service, GTAs closely match the government’s desired focus for investment. They are one of the few wholly credible models for employer-led training which meet all the public interest tests Institute of Education Commission 2012

Valued by Ofsted Group Training Associations (GTAs) provide a very successful model for collaboration between employers and providers. This has become a model of industry/provider partnership resilient to policy changes and has responded very effectively to the training demands of industry. Training companies that are members of GTA England generally provide high-quality training. Ofsted Report – Apprenticeships – Delivering Skills for Future Prosperity Oct 2015

WEST ANGLIA TRAINING ASSOCIATION Ofsted Grade 2 across all areas Traditionally Engineering and Manufacturing more recently specialist construction In top three for delivery of Health and Safety training Nationally and highest performing provider internationally for several years Employer Trustees Excellent training facilities in Huntingdon Recent Developments: – Engineering/Manufacturing – Composites – Scaffolding – Construction – Highways and Plant Academy

OUR AIM Vision – To Be Outstanding in Every Aspect of our Business Mission – To be the first choice training partner for member companies and customers, enabling them to achieve a competitive advantage and growth. The charity will deliver an inclusive high quality curriculum to provide the skills needed by the engineering, manufacturing, warehousing and construction sectors and build on our current strength in HSE training within the public and private sectors

APPRENTICESHIPS Total AchievementTimely Engineering124 77% Scaffolding97 94% Warehousing34 65% Construction Ops 22 97% Highways9 96% Business Admin9 100% Team Leading3 100% CSA3 100%

Highways & Civil Engineering Academy WATA Model (West Anglia Training Association)

Highways & Civil Engineering Academy Summary: 1 st specialised Highways Maintenance and Street Lighting Academy to be set up in UK Academy specialises in developing current and future workforce Delivering traineeships, technical training and advanced & higher apprenticeships Academy encompasses all aspects of Highway construction (remediation, lighting & signing, ground works, estimating and surveying) Academy been set up in direct response to employers and sector needs

Summary: Realistic highway environment creating simulated working environment Learners to be trained on-site conditions i.e. “Work- scale” and “Live” environment Provide qualifications from level 1 to 6 Registered to deliver the new Highways Trailblazer apprenticeship standards  Level 3 Highways Maintenance  Level 6 Construction Management  Level 2 & 3 Street Lighting Highways & Civil Engineering Academy

Plan Layout

Costs: £450K capital investment Plant equipment for the Academy is been sponsored by plant manufactures like JCB

EZ Plant Academy Land and buildings provided by Urban and Civic at Alconbury Plant provided by JCB £65k grant from GCGP LEP for EZ development

Engineering Centre Completed in May 2014 Growing the offer to include level 3 and 4 Revamped Electrical and Mechanical offers New design suite and classroom/composites space New Engineering in Motion Traineeship to help feed into Level 3 programmes MofU with local schools as early years feeder

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