Women in Construction

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Women in Construction
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Training Opportunities

• Women into Plumbing
• Women into Electrical
• Women into Carpentry
• Women into Painting and Decorating
• Women into Bricklaying
• Women into Building Management
• Access courses ESOL / Literacy

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Type of Training offered

• The type of training offered is linked to
  industry
• The Sector Skill Council links Awarding Bodies
  Qualifications directly to Employers
• Therefore employers are aware and develop
  qualification schemes linked to their industry

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Design of Training

• Training is designed around giving Women
  employability skills required by the Construction
  Industry
• Training programmes in the construction trades
  are designed to train people to become either
  trade level workers, supervisors and/or
  management

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Diverse Training

• Single sex courses are delivered within the
  community where individual needs are met
• Many of our women however prefer to be in mixed
  groups and abilities proving their skills along
  side their male counter parts

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Present at conel

• At present 5 of our students in construction are
  women
• This is 2 above the National employment average
• Over the past 2 years 95 Women have been
  successful in Achieving qualifications in
  Construction Trades at CoNEL

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Aim

• Future aims and plans at conel are to increase
  the number of women into construction by a
  further 10.
• This can be achieved with the support from
  industry (employers forum) and the conel
  philosophy and ethos of every student having an
  equal opportunity to achieve

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Employability

• Employers are more aware and supportive for Women
  to work in the Construction Industry, and are
  actively seeking to recruit more Woman onto their
  workforce.