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; widescale analysis and synthesis; international project
management.
CB4
Estonian
Association of
Construction
Entrepreneurs
EACE
Union of ca 100 Major input in WP2 – analysis of existing and necessary
companies in the vocational and continuing education qualification
building sector
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 and
Action 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 sector
2011
2012*
1283
1679
2079
-30
-9
+27
+19
81
58,3
47,9
59
58,7
+7
-3,4
-14,6
+3,7
+8
+3,2
5815
7822
8317
7911
7446
7888
8000
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
2005 2006 2007
2008 2009 2010
1546
2074
2627
2299
1502
Grew compared to year
before
+22
+27
+14
-13
Workers in construction
48,8
63,6
82,1
Gross domestic product,
change in %
+8,9
+9,6
Number of construction
companies
4434
Unemployment rate (%)
16 years to retirement
Construction activities
II Q
2013
(million euros)
57*
(thousand persons)
Primary findings of status quo
• 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.
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2006/2007
1859
2007/2008
1676
2008/2009
1317
2009/2010
1347
2010/2011
1185
2011/2012
1132
students
4118
4101
3709
3468
3035
2656
graduates
992
1027
1145
1081
932
0
admissions
Work force related findings of status quo
• 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).
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
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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