Technician Membership – Delivering the Step Change: Technician Lifed Expert Panel 11 th May 2010

Meeting Aims  First meeting of the Technician Expert Panel: to validate the vision of the campaign; to agree the Terms of Reference; to validate the strategy; to determine next steps for the Panel – including specific input from members where appropriate on future activity

Agenda  Introductions  Background  Vision  Terms of Reference and operation  Work undertaken to date  Reporting  Summary / validation  Next meeting

Background, Why?, and Vision

Background  Founding of Society of Civil Engineering Technicians (SCET) in  Board of Incorporate Engineers and Technicians (BIET) took over from SCET in 1989 following the merger with ICE  Once the 2 grades integrated into ICE, BIET disbanded in  Decline in numbers of EngTech

The Civil Engineering Team C40,000 1% Membership { c100,000 Industry c35% The independently verified, professionally qualified: competent team

The Step Change  Aim: 2000 new Technician Members by the end of 2015  Challenge: On current performance will deliver c250  Step Change: An order of magnitude increase in the number of new Technician Members  Core Focus: UK

Vision

Why?  Technicians perform a valuable role within the Civil Engineering Team, are under represented within ICE, and under valued by employers. There is a substantial opportunity to qualify technicians and develop and share knowledge, which is within ICE’s Royal Charter obligations.

Vision Build up  Initial 5–year: Technicians are valued and recognised for their contribution to the civil engineering team by industry. 2,000 new Technician Members in 5 years (which currently would be 5% representation). Technician Members are fully engaged within ICE.  – year: Intermediate (changes in numbers): The TMICE membership is balanced at the same level of representation as CEng/IEng Membership (currently: 35% would equate to TMICE)  Ultimate: 100% of civil engineering technicians are Technician Members and fully engaged within ICE. (Currently would equate to 40,000 TMICE)

Strategy  Promote the value of Technicians and Technician Membership  Develop and operate flexible routes to Technician Membership  Offer an effective Learned Society for Technician Members

Strategy - Engagement Promote Technicians and Technician Membership Develop and operation Flexible Routes Offer an effective Learned Society Marketing & Communications Governance Subscriptions and Fees

Terms of Reference

Work done to date

Workshops  Multi-disciplinary workshops: representatives from the Regions, Engineering Policy & Innovation, Marketing and Communications, MIS, Subscriptions, and Membership  Developed the vision statement  Scoped the strategy  Developed the activity strands

Strands  Membership (TMICE)  Membership Processes  Knowledge Transfer  Marketing and Communications  Regional Delivery  Governance & Representation

Membership: TMICE  EngTech TMICE: defined through ICE 3002 DLR  Subscriptions: to be reviewed: existing reduction in place until 2012 AB  Fees: application fees to be reviewed DLR  Case studies preparation for dissemination HC, JC  Champions identified HC, JC, MA  Advanced Technical Apprenticeship AS, MR, MA  QUEST Technician Awards (37 applications and 6 awards made to date) AS, JC, NM  Professional Review Awards / Prizes SB, HC, JC,  Technician Ambassadors: schools/colleges promotion AS, JC, HC

Membership: Processes  Digitisation of Application Processes: to handle an order of magnitude increase SB, NJ  Integration with Foundation Degree / HNC/D programmes AS, ER, SB, MA  TPRs conducted in the workplace: to be investigated SB, SH  Technician Reviewers (TMICE) to be recruited SB  Technician representatives on PRP, Standards Panel, PDP and Membership Committee SB, DLR, AS  Apprenticeships - finalisation: financial release AS, MR, MA

Knowledge Transfer  What the profession needs SR, SC  What the Technician needs/wants : CPD SH, AB, MA  What can Technicians “tell us” SR, HC, JC  What can Technicians contribute SR, HC, JC

Knowledge Transfer – what the profession needs  Project for the Capacity Building Panel AliB, SR  Scoping work undertaken by EPI staff January and February 2010 AliB, SR  Workshop for Capacity Building Panel May 2010 AliB, SR  Activities identified for 2011 Business Plan - Sep 2010 AliB, SR  Strong “delivery” representation… AliB, AB

Knowledge Transfer – what the Technicians need/want  Technician oriented CPD programmes identified during 2010 for integration into the 2011 Regional Learned Society Programme AB, MA, SH, SF  Relevant workshops / training programmes to be explored / developed SR, AB, MA, SH, SF, HC, JC

Marketing & Communications  Business case / benefits -> Value Proposition: prepared for dissemination to employers and clients HC, JC, MA, SH  Candidate proposition / benefits -> Value Proposition: prepared for dissemination to potential Technician Members HC, JC, MA, SH  Academic provider case -> Value Proposition: prepared for dissemination to HE/FE AS, HC, JC, MA, SH  Potential TMICE - Regional split HC, JC  Employer Engagement / Profiling DLR, HC, JC, SF

Regions – delivery  Promotion of integrated finals and TPR to FE/HE colleges SB, AS, MR, AB, SH, MA  Promotion of apprenticeships to employers DLR, AS, MR, HC, JC, MA, SF,  Sharing of good practice to identify and adopt best practice; lessons learned AB, SF, DLR, SF,  Identifying and building new employer relationships MA, HC, JC, SC,  Promotion of TMICE to employers SH, MA, AB  Promotion of TMICE to clients SH, MA, AB  Promotion of TMICE to potential TMICE SH

Governance  New Technician Committee to represent grade to be investigated DLR, EW, SC  Technician representation on Key committees and panels DLR,  Lifed Technician Expert Panel – oversee the programme DLR

Work Breakdown

Reporting

 Council via Membership Committee  Members?  Others?

Summary and validation

 Anything missing?  Anything that can wait?  Next steps: individual, sub-group, Panel

Next meeting

 The next meeting is on Tuesday 7 th September at 10.00