{"id":88708,"date":"2021-02-08T12:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=88708"},"modified":"2021-02-08T12:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:50:05","slug":"operator-skills-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/operator-skills-hub\/88708\/","title":{"rendered":"Flannery and Balfour Beatty launch operator skills hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Balfour Beatty Flannery,\u00a0a partnership\u00a0between Balfour Beatty<\/a> and Flannery Plant Hire<\/a>, has launched the Operator Skills Hub, offering training programmes to inspire young people and upskill current plant operators<\/h2>\n

With the construction and infrastructure industry rapidly scaling up to deliver some of the most ambitious schemes in history, the Operator Skills Hub is set to deliver the first Trailblazer Plant Operative Apprentices<\/a> in 2021, aiming to support 30 young people in its first year.<\/p>\n

The facility will also increase the retention of skilled operators, providing 200 supplementary courses to enhance existing knowledge and train over 500 operators in readiness for HS2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Key in addressing the construction and infrastructure sectors significant skills shortage<\/a>, the facility will utilise state-of-the-art training simulators as well as the latest semi-autonomous vehicles to prepare plant operators and apprentices for the modern-day, digitally enabled construction site.<\/p>\n