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BIFM Employer Forum - 21st June 2007BIFM

BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Ian R FielderBIFM CEO

Welcome & Introduction

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Agenda

BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Sir Digby JonesUK Skills Envoy

BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Ian R FielderBIFM CEO

BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007 – Asset Skills’ Perspective

Richard BeamishAsset Skills Council CEO

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

• To remind you:– Commitment to train all staff to at least level 2 or equivalent – Literacy Level 1– Numeracy Foundation Level 3

• In return:– Skills analysis from Train to Gain– Support funding

• Can go higher

Skills Pledge

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• Signatories include:– OCS– Initial– Mitie– Veolia– Serco– Asset Skills

Skills Pledge

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

• Exceed 40% of the adult population qualified to Level 4 and above

• Exceed 90% of the adult population qualified to at least Level 2

• 95% of adults to achieve functional literacy and numeracy

• Double apprenticeship volumes• Increase employer investment in skills (a deal for a deal)

Leitch World Class Targets

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Compulsion ?

Sector Skills Councils required to discuss with employers compulsion options:

• Levies • Licence to Practice• Tax Penalties• Tax Incentives

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Role for Sector Skills Councils

• Research• Qualifications• Employer Engagement• Voice of Employers to Government

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Employment & Skills Commission

• Chair – Sir Michael Rake• Led by Department for Work & Pensions and Department for

Education & Skills• UK wide remit• Regulatory role• Qualifications role• Hold Government to account on skills• Take over from Sector Skills Development Agency on 1 April 2008

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Learning and Skills Council Role

• Two forms of support funding in England:– Train to Gain

• Demand led system

• Focus on needs of employers

– Learner Accounts• Unique learner numbers

• Skills Passports

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Asset Skills

• Actions from Sector Skills Agreement:– Career pathways

– Raising the profile of FM

– Attracting people into the profession

– Refining HE/FE Provision

– Effective industry representation

– Single qualifications spine

• Work through professional bodies wherever possible• Develop occupational standards• Approve qualifications• Drive basic skills and employability agendas

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Key Partners

• BIFM• Action FM• BSA• FMA• CSSA• FM Board

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Leitch – a real breakthrough

The onus is on us to make it work and to help employers discover for themselves the benefits of a

skilled, competent and confident workforce

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Ian R FielderBIFM CEO

BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Chris Wood & Valerie EverittBIFM Professional Standards & Education

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Where we are today

• Links with accredited university courses• Developing CPD framework and programme• CFM Examination• Relationships with Asset Skills and QCA

• Training product set through BIFM Training JVOpen programme

In-house employer bespoke programmes

• Professional qualification with three routesBIFM Exams Parts I & II

Professional competence

Higher education

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BIFM at a crossroads …

Employer engagement

• Influence of the national agenda

Leitch Report

Asset Skills – the Sector Skills Council for FM• Maturing status of FM as a valued profession• Diversity in employment market• Need for transparent, coherent qualifications framework

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Consultation so far

• Competence Review• Structure Review• Asset Skills Sector reports and outputs• Feedback from exam candidates and tuition

providers• Education White Paper• Membership communication and feedback

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Messages received

• Enhanced market credibility• Recognition at key stages• Opportunities for career pathways• Accessibility and flexibility• Transparency and alignment• External accreditation• In line with national agenda

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Messages from Leitch

• Qualifications to add value in the labour market• Embed a culture of learning• Strengthen the employer voice• Supply-led skills system demand-led system• UK must raise its game• Radical step change necessary

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Implementation

Entry to intermediate level qualifications with

established awarding body

Revised BIFM examinations &

CFM

HE quals

New higher level FM qualifications – Foundation degrees

Consultation on membership grades and transition

Employer engagement and input

New FM vocational qualifications endorsed by BIFM

CFM developed by IFMA

Revised BIFM examinations put in QCA framework

QCA Awarding Body status sought by BIFM

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The way ahead

• Promote and support CPD• Membership consultation re professional grade

recognition• Engagement with QCA – ongoing• Accreditation of re-modelled exams• Development of NOS – with Asset Skills

• Memorandum of Understanding with ILM for Level 3• Links between BIFM Training and ILM

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Employer engagement

• Employer Forum

- not a one-off

- test industry appetite

- follow-up to capture employer views, continuing participation and input

- feedback on grades of membership and link to qualifications

• Establish an Employer Steering Group- help with re-modelling existing Qual products

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Raised ambitions – shared ownership?

EmployersGovernment

Individuals

• Facilitate?

• Lead?

• Support?

• Partner?

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BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

But for today …

• How does the strategy match your expectations and requirements?

• What is your Number 1 concern as an employer?• What’s missing?

Now - over to you

For more information and to stay in touch go to

www.bifm.org.uk/employerforum

BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Ian R FielderBIFM CEO

BIFM Employer Forum 21st June 2007

Peter CordyBIFM Chairman