{"id":82127,"date":"2020-09-08T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=82127"},"modified":"2020-09-08T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T08:34:22","slug":"luton-dart-skills-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/luton-dart-skills-programme\/82127\/","title":{"rendered":"Luton DART skills programme ends after two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Luton DART Construction Skills Hub has come to an end, after providing over 720 local people with the skills needed to help them enter the construction industry<\/h2>\n<p>The Luton DART Construction Skills Hub, a joint venture programme, between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkerfitzpatrick.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VolkerFitzpatrick<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kier.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kier<\/a> (VFK), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luton.gov.uk\/Pages\/Homepage.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luton Council<\/a> and its airport company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llal.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London Luton Airport Ltd<\/a> (LLAL), was created in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>It included a three-day course which encompassed training in Level 1 health and safety awareness, manual handling\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/safety-working-at-height\/60938\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">working at height<\/a> or fire warden, careers in construction and emergency first aid.<\/p>\n<p>All trainees were also able to take their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cscs.uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Construction Skills Certificate Scheme<\/a> (CSCS) test at the end of the three-day course.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 attendees were from traditionally under-represented groups and as part of the programme, VFK created over 80 permanent new jobs on the DART for local apprentices, graduates and other new entrants.<\/p>\n<p>One of these jobs has been filled by Glen, who before being referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-infrastructure-project-to-bring-200m-skills-boost-to-luton\/40527\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the academy<\/a> was being supported by the Luton homelessness charity NOAH and has now been employed by one of VFK\u2019s subcontractors working on the project.<\/p>\n<h3>Life-changing opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>Councillor Aslam Khan, Luton Council\u2019s portfolio holder for skills and employability, said: \u201cWe are absolutely delighted to have been so successful with this programme which has provided genuine life-changing opportunities and a route to prosperity for hundreds of local people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuton is enjoying massive transformation, with major regeneration and housing schemes offering a wide range of jobs in the construction industry, and we are on an important journey aimed at ensuring no-one in the town is living in poverty by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur commitment has been to ensure that local people get the right support and skills to benefit from the opportunities, and align training with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/construction-training-course\/80092\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the needs of local construction employers<\/a>. Stories such as Glen\u2019s are an inspiration to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Andy Malcolm, chair of LLAL, said: \u201cImproving people\u2019s lives in Luton is our main aim in our stewardship of London Luton Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all of our development schemes across the town we look for innovative ways to make sure that our communities directly benefit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hope is that the iconic Luton DART continues to inspire people to actively consider a career in construction in Luton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for CITB, added: \u201cOne of the factors in choosing Luton as one of the original CSF learning hubs was because the town boasts a huge range of significant construction work, including infrastructure and housing, and clearly has a need for skilled construction workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been an exciting opportunity for local people seeking opportunities to join the sector and employers who are benefiting from an increase in skilled workers produced by this initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Luton DART Construction Skills Hub has come to an end, after providing over 720 local people with the skills needed to help them enter the construction industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[547,624,676,664,3649,882,432,661,753,592,596],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-apprenticeship","8":"tag-citb","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-construction-services","11":"tag-education","12":"tag-employment","13":"tag-health-safety","14":"tag-hr","15":"tag-safety","16":"tag-skills","17":"tag-training"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Luton DART skills programme ends after two years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Luton DART Construction Skills Hub has come to an end, after providing over 720 local people with the skills needed to help them enter the industry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/luton-dart-skills-programme\/82127\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Luton DART skills programme ends after two years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Luton DART Construction Skills Hub has come to an end, after providing over 720 local people with the skills needed to help them enter the industry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/luton-dart-skills-programme\/82127\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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