: apperenticeships and technical education

Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority welcomes calls for more incentives for employers to train

29 October 2024

The Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority (EBSSA) welcomed the recommendations of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Select Committee on their inquiry of Future Skills which includes Government to explore greater financial incentives for employers to invest in training, ahead of the Financial Statement this week. The Committee noted with the concern the downward trend of employer investment and wrote with their concerns to the Minister for Skills, Baroness Smith of Malvern.

EBSSA’s written evidence to the Committee highlighted these issues and also the hope that the development of Skills England will bring better coordination and collaboration amongst employers and providers to help SMEs navigate through the skills system. We agree with the Committee’s call for a national skills strategy with improved delivery and engagement at local level.

The Committee and EBSSA asked Government to carefully think through the Apprenticeship Levy 'rebalancing'; we agree with more support for young people to enter and progress with industry-approved qualifications but also provision for those who need to re-skill and upskill.

The Committee also highlighted our observations on the detrimental effect of prolonged funding cuts to colleges and the need to invest in training providers to recruit and retain high quality staff from industry to use as trainers and qualifications’ assessors.

You can read our full submission here: SFF0117.

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will hold a final session on this inquiry on 26th November. More detail on the inquiry for Future Skills: Apprenticeships and Training can be found here.

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Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority Ready to Support Government’s Plan for Skills Change in Construction

Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority Ready to Support Government’s Plan for Skills Change in Construction

02 April 2025

EBSSA has welcomed the recent announcements by the Government and the Chancellor for skills in the construction sector. At an engineering services skills forum held online on Monday 31st March — organised by Actuate UK on behalf of EBSSA — representatives from across the engineering and building services sector were briefed on the Government’s Plan for Change. The forum provided an opportunity to discuss how the sector will respond to the evolving skills landscape and contribute to the Construction Skills Mission Board.

Actuate UK joins elementalLONDON 2025

Actuate UK joins elementalLONDON 2025

17 February 2025

Engineering services alliance, Actuate UK, has partnered with Lyrical Communications, the team behind InstallerSHOW, to support their new event elementalLONDON as they prepare for their debut show. 

EBSSA supports culture change on competences & standards for built environment under new structure

EBSSA supports culture change on competences & standards for built environment under new structure

09 December 2024

Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority supports culture change on competences & standards for built environment under new structure. The Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority (EBSSA) will continue to work on ‘raising the bar’ on individual competence within the built environment as part of the new industry competence structure under the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).


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