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IPAF Training Date: 11 October 2016 Venue: Wellington Price: £60 per person 1 Place available

CITB Health & Safety Awareness Training Date: 16 November 2016 Venue: Bridgwater Price: £85 per person (we are hoping to reduce this cost

further once all the places are filled)

2 Places available

PASMA Training Date: 22 November 2016 Venue: Wellington Price: £50 per person 7 Places available

Our first training session proved to be very informative and candidates came away from the training with useful information to help in their workplace. Our second of the three HR Breakfast events taking place this year is advertised as shown and we hope attendees from the first event as well as others will join us again as we believe the second session will also hold useful ideas for you to take back to the workplace.

To book your place email

Hilary

Due to the demand shown at our first HR Training session, we are now looking to book candidates on to the above training course. This course will be held at Yeovil College 1 day a month for 10 months commencing late October 2016. We are looking to funding group members by reducing the cost of the training by using some of the CITB £25,000. At the moment I am collating a list of people who are interested in completing this qualification so that I can see numbers and work out costs etc. I can then at that stage give you a better idea of costs. As this training starts fairly soon, I would appreciate anyone who is interested and wants to be included in this training to email asap. This qualification will help your company to understand HR challenges and for some it may be the start of their learning as this is the Foundation level and we could consider taking attendees further if there is interest to do so. A few details below to help give you an understanding of the contents of the course and qualification.

The course outline is as follows:

Core Units:

1. Developing Yourself as an Effective Human Resources or Learning and Development Practitioner (4DEP) 2. Understanding Organisations and the Role of Human Resources (3HRC) 3. Recording, Analysing and Using Human Resources Information (3RAI)

In addition to the core units above, the optional units are:

1. Resourcing Talent (3RTO) 2. Supporting Good Practice in Managing Employment relations (3MER) 3. Supporting Change Within Organisations (3SCO) 4. Identifying Learning and Development Needs (3LDN)

CIPD Level 3 Certificate in Human Resources Practice (QCF) QAN: 501/0759/8 New for 2016: CIPD Level 3 course starts autumn 2016 (dates to be confirmed).

RBHR are really pleased to be part of delivering the CIPD L3 Certificate in HR Practice working in partnership with Yeovil College to bring you an experience/programme of learning delivered by leaders in this sector. Is level 3 right for me? CIPD Foundation Level qualifications (Awards, Certificate and Diplomas) are perfect if you want to acquire a wide range of relevant practical skills in either Human Resources (HR) or Learning and Development (L&D). These qualifications are designed to support your career development in either HR or L&D by providing a foundation for you to build on and introducing you to the knowledge and capabilities needed by today’s professionals.

What are the benefits of joining this course? What we offer over other courses offered locally is that our programme will be delivered by experienced and practicing HR Professionals from RBHR. All structured sessions will be led by a Consultant who has a wealth of knowledge gained in industry and can bring the subject matter to life. Our areas of specialism cover all aspects of HR including: Employment Law, Employee Relations, Resourcing, Training, Learning and Development, Change, Performance and Talent Management.

What are the course costs? £1413 which includes CIPD admission and 18 months student membership, as well as your text book.

From 1 August 2016 the following changes to Trainee cards will be introduced:

Only one Trainee card (irrespective of occupation) will be available The card will be red in colour and clearly marked “Trainee” The occupation will not be displayed on the reverse of the card. It will simply say Trainee The card will be valid for 5 years and will be non-renewable Prior to applying for a card an applicant must register for a CSCS recognised construction related

qualification SSSTS, SMSTS and NEBOSH General will not be accepted as routes to a Trainee card Applicants for a Trainee Card must have completed the appropriate CITB Health, Safety and Environment

Test within the last 2 years. Applicants must complete their qualification before the Trainee card expires On completion of their qualification applicants can move onto a skilled CSCS card

Introducing a single Trainee card will remove some of the complexity surrounding the scheme. The card will be clearly marked “Trainee”, making those in the process of obtaining formal qualifications easily identifiable to others on site.

Ensuring Trainee cards are only issued to those who have registered for qualifications that lead to a skilled CSCS card is seen as a practical step towards achieving industry’s desire for a fully qualified workforce.

From 1st October 2015 the following changes to the CRO card were actioned:

1. All CRO cards issued from 1st October 2015 will expire on 30th September 2017* and are not renewable 2. You will be expected to register for a nationally recognised construction related qualification before the

card expires 3. Only one occupation will be displayed on your CRO card from 1stOctober 2015 4. CSCS will stop issuing CRO cards from 31st March 2017.

* Please note existing CRO cards issued before 1st October 2015 that expire after 30th September 2017 will remain valid until their expiry date.

When you apply for a CRO card CSCS will check if your occupation is covered by a nationally recognised construction related qualification and whether you hold that qualification. On submission of the necessary evidence CRO cardholders who have the required qualifications for their occupation will be issued with the appropriate skilled card.

If you have not obtained a nationally recognised construction related qualification you can apply for a CRO card that will expire on 30thSeptember 2017 and is not renewable. You will be expected to register for the appropriate qualification for your occupation before the CRO card expires. On completion of your qualification you will be able to apply for a skilled CSCS card. If you do not register for the construction related qualification for your occupation by 30th September 2017 you will be unable to obtain a CSCS card.

From 1st October 2015 only one occupation will be displayed on the card. If you currently hold a multi-occupation card you must notify CSCS which occupation you wish to have displayed. CSCS is aware there are existing construction related occupations without nationally recognised qualifications. Where appropriate, work is already underway to develop new nationally recognised qualifications for these

occupations.

Did you Know!

Having recently attended a CITB Apprenticeship Levy Update I thought it would be a good idea to give you a few bits of information to keep you updated on what’s happening at the moment.

CITB are still in the process of re-organisation but hope to have this completed shortly. As soon as I have further information on the structure and people I’ll let you know.

I have to say that the meeting was solely regarding the new Apprenticeship Levy but it is always useful to have an idea of what’s going on in the world of Construction.

As you may all be aware the government is introducing a new levy for Apprenticeships and this is looking to be introduced in April 2017.

The levy payable to HMRC will affect employers in all sectors and will only be paid on annual pay bills in excess of £3 million. CITB considers that this will affect around 589 construction companies.

The levy will be charged at a rate of 0.5% of an employer’s pay bill with each employer receiving an allowance of £15,000 to offset against their levy payment which at the moment appears to be in the form of vouchers.

The aim of CITB is to help off-set this payment by enhancing grant apprenticeship payments to the companies included in this figure of 589 who are actively training. So, at the moment they are in the process of contacting companies included in this group to discuss further. To cover the finances for this transition CITB have £41.5 million set aside for 12 months to help ease this transition process.

As well as this highly complicated process ‘going through’ CITB are themselves going through the stages of consensus which will be decided by government in 2018. Due to this process taking place, they are unable at this stage to commit financially beyond 2017 until they have been given the ok - hopefully to continue in their role. Once they have the commitment from government for another three years, they will then be in position to re-visit the grant scheme to possibly help companies financially with the HMRC levy at this stage.

I have to say that the whole process is unbelievably complicated so this information is a little vague but the best I have at the moment until all is clarified and put in place.