BUILD-UP Skills Estonia - BUILDEST I and II

Development of the continuing education and training schemes of the

Building Sector to 2020 Contract N°: SI2.604349, Duration 18 months

Liina Henning, Tallinn University of Technology

Part.N°

Participant name Short name

Profile of the organisation

Main role in the Consortium

CO1 Foundation KredEx

KredEx Foundation Project co-ordinator; Leader of WP1, WP3, WP5. National expertise in energy efficiency, buildings and renovation, project management & communication.

CB2 Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

MKM Public Authority Leader of WP4. National expertise in energy sector, buildings and renovation; public communication; policy development, endorsement and implementation.

CB3 Tallinn University of Technology

TUT University; Educational/Training Body

Leader of WP2. National expertise in vocational, higher, continuing and adult education, life-long learning; wide-scale analysis and synthesis; international project management.

CB4 Estonian Association of Construction Entrepreneurs

EACE Union of ca 100 companies in the building sector

Major input in WP2 – analysis of existing and necessary vocational and continuing education qualification standards – and WP3. National expertise in the building sector, energy efficiency; qualification standards.

CB5 The National Examinations and Qualification Centre

REKK Governmental body administered by the Ministry of Education and Research

Major input in WP3 via access to vocational education institutions, their training programmes and needs (also link to later implementation of the national education policy in vocational and adult education). National expertise in vocational, continuing and adult education, curricula development; status analysis.

BuildEst Roadmap andAction Plan for Training Workforce

Topics covered:• Strategies and action plans towards EU 2020 targets • Buildings’ energy consumption and development of renewable

energy• The labour market in the construction sector• Awarding occupational qualifications in the field of construction• Construction education and training at the vocational education

level• Divergence between the current professional skills of the

workforce and the levels necessary for achieving the 2020 objectives

BuildEst Roadmap Strategies and action plans towards

EU 2020 targets

„ESTONIA 2020“ COMPETITIVENESS

PLAN

„SUSTAINABLE ESTONIA 21“

NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES• Continuing support programmes for energy conservation

activity in apartment buildings – CO2 allowances and EU structural funds

• Implementation of the public sector building renovation programme - up to 2013 is 146.5 million euros and it will allow close to 480 public buildings

• Energy conservation in public transport and electric cars project• Increasing the competitiveness of industry – energy auditing• Energy conservation in private housing (1/3 of households)

Fact sheet of the construction sector2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012* II Q

2013

Construction activities (million euros)

1546 2074 2627 2299 1502 1283 1679 2079

Grew compared to year before

+22 +27 +14 -13 -30 -9 +27 +19

Workers in construction (thousand persons)

48,8 63,6 82,1 81 58,3 47,9 59 58,7 57*

Gross domestic product, change in %

+8,9 +9,6 +7 -3,4 -14,6 +3,7 +8 +3,2

Number of construction companies

4434 5815 7822 8317 7911 7446 7888 8000

Unemployment rate (%) 16 years to retirement

8,3 6,2 4,9 5,7 14,4 17,6 12,9 10,6 7*

Average salary in construction (euros)

536 639 817 891 774 797 847 923 1030

Average salary in all activities (euros)

515 580 720 825 784 792 839 880 976

• The number of employed by construction companies could rise to 45,000-50,000 people or more:

Forecast as to the number of employed in the construction sector and by construction companies in 2012-2020 on the basis of the total number (thousands of people)

Primary findings of status quo

• Taking into consideration that admissions in VET schools were down in 2010-2011, the number of graduates in 2013 may be as low as 800.

Primary findings of status quo

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• The construction sector would need at least 900-1,200 new skilled workers per year

• Around 800 graduating per year, 36 percent not integrated into the sector, new hires to as low as 600, which is much lower than even the most conservative forecast for workforce needs in the sector

• The workforce study* data signaled an urgent shortage of workforce in the sector

• The construction workers who lack professional training account for close to 50 percent of workers at construction companies

*Estonian Institute of Economic Research ”Workforce-related situation of Estonian construction companies and prospective need for workforce” (May 2012).

Work force related findings of status quo

Eight-level national qualifications framework (EstQF)15

• In the development of competences aimed at energy efficiency, the complementing of occupational standards in the construction field is of key importance

MEASURE : Energy efficiency skills module of the competence standard developed for every profession and competence level (construction workers 1-4 levels and 5 level – master foreman)

• Occupational standards are the basis for updating the content of national curricula in vocational education as well as designing in-service trainings

Priority measures in roadmap

TARGET 1: INCREASING THE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO ENSURE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

MEASURE 1: Energy efficient construction activity has been planned and coordinated

TARGET 2: INCREASING THE SHARE OF QUALIFIED WORKFORCE

MEASURE 2.1: Ensuring conformity of employees’ occupational competence to the requirements of the labour market

MEASURE 2.2: Ensuring and raising quality of specialized training in the construction sector

MEASURE 2.3: Developing an in-service training (incl continuing education) system for acquiring energy efficient construction related competences

MEASURE 2.4: Increasing the perceived value in society of energy efficient construction and of training in this field

BuildEst II activities• 1 non-qualified workforce training scheme – focusing on describing the principles of integration

of the non-qualified workers into existing vocational education and training, widely using also accreditation of prior learning and work.

• 5 qualified workforce training schemes EstQF III and IV level- Construction works – stone, concrete, steel- Carpenter- Construction finisher- Heating, plumbing, ventilation, installers of RES systems- Master-foreman training EstQF V level

• 1 trainers’ training scheme for qualified workforce trainers (joint and specialized modules) 90 trainers

• 1 on-site learning mentor (practical internship) training programme • 1 training programme for occupational qualification and evaluation committee members• corresponding modern training / study materials.• pilot trainings– 12 people in each piloted course in the methodological part of trainers’ training =

12 people x 28 groups = 336 people (workers; ca. 0.8% out of 41 000)

• The training schemes will be built into the Estonian qualification requirements

Suggestions for Buildup Skills I projects

• Key Opinion Leaders • quality managers of construction companies,• qualification assessment committee members,• vocational teachers

• Involvement of ministry level • Identify numbers of people to be trained – not

only by profession also by required level• Address unskilled workers

Thank you for attention

Project homepage:• http://estonia.buildupskills.eu/

• Contact:• liina.henning@ttu.ee