Tag: training
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Review proposes CITB and ECITB merger
1. Intervention is still needed in both sectors due to ongoing market failure. 2. Retain and repurpose the levy-grant system. 3. Construction and engineering construction sectors face common strategic workforce challenges. 4. Strategic focus is required on safeguarding industry capacity and capability. 5. Need to refocus on whole workforce skills and not just new entrants.…
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American Express is supporting fast technician training with BILT
More and more businesses are bringing their operations online, and the construction industry is working to keep pace with the business world’s digital transformation. Construction businesses today have a lot on their plates. Beyond day-to-day operations, the industry has also been up against skilled labor shortages for quite some time. And, when construction businesses do…
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ACPA Announces Safety Training for Concrete Contractors at WOC
The American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA) announced the launch of the Coworker Safety Training program this week at World of Concrete. According to the ACPA: Designed for contractors who work with and around concrete pumps, the program aims to bolster safety and education for more than 56,000 concrete contractors across the U.S. The Coworker Safety…
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Alisha Parker Joins MuleHide as Training Manager
Alisha Parker has joined low-slope roofing manufacturer MuleHide as training manager. Parker will direct all aspects of the company’s RISE (Roofing Installation and Systems Education) training program that serves the company’s contractors, distributor partners and associates. She comes to MuleHide after nearly 10 years with ABC Supply Co. Inc., where much of her work focused on developing and…
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CIOB training partner plays key role in Coventry housing decarbonisation plan
Launched in 2022, the One Coventry Plan is a vision for the city around tackling inequality, economic prosperity and climate change. It also sits at the heart of the council’s net zero strategy. Now in Wave 2, the £67.6m programme is partly funded by the government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF). View the original article and…
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Can Software Vendors Use Your Data for AI Training?
– The Growing Concern of Data Usage During the BILT Europe 2024 panel discussion I was hosting, an audience member raised a pertinent question: Do the terms and conditions of BIM software vendors allow them to collect and use user data to train AI models? This question, which also came up during another recent panel…
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Leaders Circle – AEC Leadership Training
Leaders Circle Delivers the Goods Enroll now for May 24 start. Working from home… Large-scale prefabrication…Artificial Intelligence…Lean construction processes…New materials… Materials shortages…Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…Covid 19…. Robot dogs working on construction sites…Virtual meetings…etc…etc….etc… The massive changes impacting the AEC industry also impact what it means to be an effective leader. Now in our 31st year,…