Language, Literacy and Numeracy in Construction:
Laying Foundations, Building Success

Funded by SEEDA

Thursday 8th December 2005
Apollo Hotel, Basingstoke, Hampshire

This seminar was organised by The Network and funded by SEEDA to help raise the quality and quantity of LLN provision in workplaces throughout the region. The event brought together providers and employers, giving practitioners the opportunity to hear directly what skills challenges are faced by companies operating in this sector, while also highlighting successful provision from around the region.

This seminar was for practitioners of LLN in the workplace who are already delivering in the construction sector or those wishing to do so.

Keynote Speakers:

• Tim Fenn, Oakwood Construction

- An Employer's Perspective

• Bruce Cavalier, SEEDA

- The Regional Perspective

• Janet Shelley, Women Builders

- Meeting the Skills Challenge of a Diversified Workforce

• Alan Wright, First Footings

- Meeting the needs of the sector - a new response

• Jane Mossman, BCOT

- Plenary: Implications for providers and exploration of solutions

Workshops:

• John Jackson, UCATT

- Skills for Life and Health and Safety in Construction

• Richard Atkinson, EYS Workforce Development and Chris Wall, MHS

- Gateway to Regenerating Construction Skills

• John Blaus & Mike Fisher, Standards Unit

- Standards Unit Materials Update

• Wendy Hughes, Nuttalls

- A Whole Organisation Approach to Skills for Life; Implications for Edmund Nuttalls Ltd