Nuclear Skills Conference 2019 - Local Apprenticeships Workshop - Nuclear Skills Strategy Group

Nuclear Skills Conference 2019
Local Apprenticeships Workshop

Presented by Sellafield Ltd
  & EDF Energy

Presenters;
Dr Donna Connor, Head of Education & Skills – Sellafield
Chris Young, Apprentice & Skills Lead – EDF Energy, HPC Project

Agenda
•   Apprentice Reforms
•   Apprentice Levy
•   HPC’s Commitment to Apprenticeships
•   Hinkley Point C (HPC) Education & Skills Pipeline
•   Outreach and Access Programme Examples
•   SL role in apprenticeship Landscape
•   North West Nuclear Community Apprentice Programme (NWNCAP)
•   An Apprentice Experience
•   Workshop
     • Changing the apprenticeship mind-set
     • Utilisation/maximising the apprentice standards /funding
     • Quality – End Point assessment /training providers /20%off the job
     • Engaging your current workforce (upskilling)

Apprenticeship Reform 2017

2012 Richards review identified some key areas to address:
• We need to improve the quality of Apprentice Training
• Apprentice training made more relevant to meet the needs of
  employers
• Employer investment and sustainable funding for
  apprenticeships must be secured to enable funding of more
  apprentices at a higher qualification.
• Improve accessibility of apprenticeships, supporting social
  mobility and priority groups
• We need more apprentices to meet the national skills gap and
  to compete internationally

Apprentice Levy
•   Government Introduction of an Apprenticeship Levy from April 2017 of 0.5% of pay-bill applicable to large employers.

•   Levy will only be paid by employers who have annual pay bills of more than £3 million (representing less than 2% of UK
    employers).

•   Employers will be able to use the funds in their digital account (Levy payers) to pay for training apprentices

•   Employers will be able to use levy funds to retrain workers in new skills, even if they have prior qualifications

•   From 2018 levy-paying employers permitted to transfer up to 10% of the annual value of funds entering their digital
    accounts to other employers in their supply chain.

•   From April 2019 levy-paying employers permitted to transfer up to 25% of the annual value of funds entering their digital
    accounts to other employers in their supply chain.

We’re are the UK’s largest producer of low carbon electricity.

HPC - A project critical for the UK’s energy infrastructure

HPC - Scale of our Project
                                                    29,000 eggs per
                                                    month for the
                                                    workforce
                                                                                            5.6 million M3
                                 100km of Ground Nails                                     of earth to be moved
  3,270 people on Site
                                 installed - equivalent to over
  currently
                                 30 times the length of
                                 Gatwick Airport runway

                         Over 50 tower                                4,000 km
                         cranes will be                               electrical cabling
230,000 tonnes of      needed                                         needed
steel reinforcement needed
                                                                                           3 million tonnes
                                                                                           of concrete is needed

Example jobs during construction phases

HPC Education & Skills Pipeline

Megan Handley’s journey
Project Controls Apprentice
Megan discovered the opportunity at a Young HPC
event in 2017

She started her 3 year apprenticeship in 2018

She is studying towards an industry recognized
qualification in Project Controls

Megan said:
              “An HPC apprenticeship provides an amazing
              way to be able to study and learn, whilst
              networking with knowledgeable and like-minded
              people, something you wouldn’t do just by going
              to college.”

HPC Supported Traineeship

SL’s role in the apprenticeship landscape
 •   Lead the development of several apprenticeships standards
 •   Chair the Nuclear Trailblazer Group and maintain the nuclear standards
 •   Developed curriculum with local universities and training providers
 •   Developed curriculum with other local supply chain companies
 •   Ran joint recruitment campaigns with the supply chain
 •   Ran sessions with local supply chain to help them understand how they can use apprenticeships
     providing advice and guidance
 •   Supported other organisations to develop their apprenticeship programmes
 •   Developed cross company cohorts to enable local delivery
 •   Second apprentices into the supply chain
 •   Host apprentices from the supply chain
 •   Using 10% of our Levy to create the NWNCAP (SL Levy £2.9m/year)

We are the first in the UK to develop and run this scheme – which will then be rolled out
nationally.
Aims;
     • to diversify the local workforce
     • help address unemployment / skills gaps in the region
     • support the development/growth of supply chain
     • contribute to the future capability and capacity of the nuclear sector

Strategic Aim

To help diversify the local workforce, support the development/growth of supply chain and
contribute to the future capability and capacity of the nuclear sector.

                ‘SKILLS For NUCLEAR’

Range of Apprenticeships SL Use
 •   Business Administration
 •   Business Analyst
 •   Cyber
 •   Degree Apprentices (Technical, Civil, Design,
     Operations, Scientific, Quality)
 •   Fire Fighter
 •   Health Physics
 •   Maintenance (mechanical, electrical, pipefitter,
     machinist, fabricator)
 •   Nuclear operator
 •   Nuclear welding inspection
 •   Law
 •   Project Management
 •   Team Leader/Manager
 •   Customer service

Apprenticeship Standards & Career Development

Why we use Apprenticeships
 4 Main reasons
 • Recruitment ~150 new start apprentices/year
 • Up-skilling existing workforce
 • Re-training existing workforce
 • Professional Development existing workforce

 Benefits
 • Reduction in skills gaps
 • Increased productivity
 • Better Retention
 • Motivated workforce
 • Return on investment on our annual Government
    Apprenticeship Levy (£2.9m)

An Apprentices Experience

 What's it like to be an apprentice
 working in the Nuclear Industry?

Outline of Workshops

 1.   Quality – End Point Assessment / Training Providers/ 20% Off the Job

 2.   Changing the apprenticeship mind-set (Attraction & Promotion)

 3.   Utilisation / Maximising Apprentice Standards / Funding

 4.   Engaging your current workforce (Upskilling)

Contacts

donna.connor@sellafieldsites.com    Jennie.chapman@edf-energy.com
Head of Education & Skills          Head of Nuclear Skills Alliance

keith.w.smith@sellafieldsites.com   chris.2.young@nnb-edfenergy.com
Apprentice Assurance & Governance   Hinkley Point C Apprentice and Skills Lead
Manager