The CATCH Partnership:

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• The CATCH Partnership
• An Investment in Skills

Alan Buckley - 25th June 2008
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Introduction

• What is CATCH?
• What does CATCH do?
• Background
• How was it built?
• How was it funded?
• Development timeline
• Training provision at CATCH
• Access to training

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What is CATCH?

• The Centre for the Assessment of Technical
  Competence Humber
• Office accommodation, some tenants c/w conference
  and meeting rooms
• A full scale chemical process unit
• 2000 m2
• 3 stories, plus column
• No chemical hazards
• Engineering workshop with 5 tonne overhead crane
  (1000m2x10m high)
• Process simulator
• Outside learning areas

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Operational side
for workforce development and competence
assessment
An authentic chemical plant environment in both
scale and working practices.
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Open for business!
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What does CATCH do?

• Our Mission is
• To make a real contribution to the
  competitiveness of Chemical and Allied businesses
  by encouraging people to choose careers in the
  industry and by facilitating the provision of
  effective, industry-led training and competence
  assessment within an authentic plant
  environment.

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Background

• Industry led.
• The chemical and allied industries are
  strategically important and recognised the need
  to address 2 key challenges
• The increasing need to develop and prove the
  competence of their workforces
• The demographic trends leading to skill shortages
  

Success and competitiveness depend on the
attraction of new people and the availability of
a highly skilled and competent workforce
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How was it built?

• Partnership Steering Group

The site is owned by a local council (NELC) and
operated by a private, not-for-profit company
(HCCTA) a subsidiary of a specialist trade
organisation (HCF)
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How was it funded?

• 8m approx. invested

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Development Timeline
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Training Provision

• We provide the realistic environment i.e.) a
  physical plant environment with processing
  equipment and operating procedures
• Existing Training Providers deliver the
  programmes with our support to get the best from
  our site, plant and equipment
• We work with Industry and Providers to develop
  customised solutions

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Training Provision (2)

• DIY Hire area and use own in-house trainer or
  buy in own preferred training provider
• You do most of the work
• eg Bundle-pulling
• eg Instrument conversion course
• Ask CATCH to find a suitable trainer to meet your
  defined objectives
• eg Pre-turnaround Joint Integrity Competence
  Assurance
• Ask CATCH to put together a bespoke programme to
  meet your needs
• Well do the work provide you with a solution
• eg Basic operator training for new recruits

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Training Provision (3)

• Take part in a pre-arranged, multi-company
  programme
• Great when you have only a few people to train
• Opportunity to share best practice and
  standardise
• ProSimm _at_ CATCH with TTE
• Apprenticeships
• Resident providers at CATCH are currently
• GIFHE ECITB (engineering construction)
• HETA - Client companies (engineering maintenance)
• Hull College - BP Angolan Business Unit (process
  technician)
• Process Apprenticeships (expected Sep.2009)

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Access to Training

• First point of contact
• Alan Buckley, Solutions Manager
• Courses arranged through employers (not
  individual applications)
• Delivered by a range of Providers at CATCH (we do
  not access funding support)
• Employers contact apprenticeship providers
  directly
• Reply to advertisements for multi-company courses
• Partnership arrangements may lead to local
  subsidised programmes (Employer/Provider/CATCH)

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Contact Details

• Alan Buckley,
• Solutions Manager,
• CATCH,
• Kiln Lane,
• Stallingborough,
• N E Lincolnshire,
• DN41 8TH
• T 01469 552833
• M 07834 732822
• E alanbuckley_at_catch-uk.org
• www.catch-uk.org