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Training and Education

Narrator

As well as providing on site training for Terminal 5 workers, BAA has an eye to the future.Its aim is to ensure that local people benefit from the employment opportunities that T5 and Heathrow provide.Commitment to training starts pre-employment and BAA has a training and skills strategy which is focused on its local labour market.The local labour strategy is delivered through the Heathrow Employment Forum, comprising BAA Heathrow, the Learning and Skills Council for Berkshire, West London and Surrey, and other key agencies responsible for planning and for funding recruitment and training. Through the forum BAA is investing £150,000 a year in training initiatives.

Joe Hardman

And the role of the forum is to really deliver the local labour strategy, and by bringing those agencies together it actually means we can have a far larger impact, that we can draw down far more substantial, financial resources in particular, so that the £150,000 that we put into the process, that’s very much a sequel. The total amount of investment that the other partners bring to bear, probably total several million pounds each year.

Narrator

Already four construction training centres have been set up in the local community for 14–16 year olds with a fifth due to open shortly.In addition, BAA is supporting ten local schools in their bids for specialist status and has created a bursary scheme which supports five students each year to study construction related disciplines at university.

Joe Hardman

What you can see behind me here is the Heathrow Construction Training Centre, this is a specialist construction training centre for apprentices which is the 16–19 age group.It takes in around 80 young people each year and puts them through a programme which leads to a full apprenticeship qualification which is the industry standard and it is up to NVQ level 2 or NVQ level 3.The aspiration of this centre is that actually we serve to increase the pool of construction workers for the future.

Paul Rutherford

The key skills and qualifications that the guys need to have which is the CSCS card. They won’t be allowed on site without it because it is geared towards their health and safety, so by the time they leave here they should be, like, really qualified trainees so to speak, well they'll be professional by the time they leave here, hopefully.

Apprentice

I always enjoy working with my hands and in the carpentry and in the building so I thought I would come here, it's good.I have done the health and safety test and passed that which is important.

Joe Hardman

Terminal 5 itself opens in 2008, then that in itself will create new employment and new training opportunities for local people. It is a few years away, but we need to start planning now, so we have already started to work for example with some of the retailers at Heathrow and we can make sure too that local people can benefit from those opportunities to the fullest.

Apprentice

I am hoping to work at Terminal 5.