{"id":85115,"date":"2020-11-10T12:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=85115"},"modified":"2020-11-10T12:28:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:28:29","slug":"be-covid-smart-digital-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/be-covid-smart-digital-toolkit\/85115\/","title":{"rendered":"CICV Forum launches &#8216;Be Covid Smart&#8217; digital learning toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Working closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-ic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Construction Scotland Innovation Centre<\/a> (CSIC), the CICV Forum launched the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/csiclearninghub.talentlms.com\/catalog\/info\/id:125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Be Covid Smart<\/a>&#8216; training and learning programme<\/h2>\n<p>The toolkit will start by supporting domestic work and apprentices and their colleges, it will explore the health and safety aspects of working within a college workshop, manoeuvring around the building and how to get to and from work or college.<\/p>\n<p>The new project was\u00a0one of six funded by <a href=\"http:\/\/cicvforum.co.uk\/forum-receives-csic-funding-for-two-innovation-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CSIC\u2019s i-Con Challenge Fund<\/a>, an initiative to support the construction industry with innovative solutions to challenged brought about by Covid-19.<\/p>\n<h3>The toolkit aims to raise awareness of Covid-19 safety by:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Educating those working on-site, in homes or in places of learning;<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging the use of safe working and learning;<\/li>\n<li>Empowering the construction workforce to call out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/public-safety-an-afterthought\/84978\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unsafe behaviour<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Necessary steps to take to protect everyone<\/h3>\n<p>Iain McCaskey, head of devolved nations at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebesa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building Engineering Services Association<\/a> and head of the CICV Forum Skills Group, said: \u201cThe Forum had identified the need not only for a safe return to work but also for reassurance for apprentices their families and employers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis innovative learning solution will not only raise awareness of safety in the current climate but also\u00a0identify and test the user\u2019s knowledge of the necessary steps to take to protect themselves and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe Covid Smart will be available to everyone within Scottish construction to use freely. However, initial targets will primarily be small site operators and companies employing apprentices, as we feel this is where support is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Deane, lead future skills manager at CSIC, commented: \u201cWe are launching the platform with Place of Learning and Domestic Work modules, followed closely by on-site modules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve worked closely with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsa.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glasgow School of Art<\/a> to bring an innovative and fun way to learn important Covid-19 safety best practice, which we hope will give the workforce, businesses and customers confidence that the industry promotes high safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a new approach to engaging learning within the construction industry, which can be continually updated as circumstances change and which could also support markets outside of Scotland who are interested in the innovative ways we\u2019re dealing with a safe return to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working closely with\u00a0Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), the CICV Forum launched the &#8216;Be Covid Smart&#8217; 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