Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 48
48
Acknowledged
Alongside a mandatory requirement to undertake whole-life carbon assessments and a national methodology for assessments,...
Recommendation
Alongside a mandatory requirement to undertake whole-life carbon assessments and a national methodology for assessments, the Government should make training 72 Building to net zero: costing carbon in construction in undertaking whole-life carbon assessments accessible across all levels of education and the entire supply chain. The Government, in response to this report, should set out how the Department for Education plans to achieve this. (Paragraph 235) Building to net zero: costing carbon in construction 73
Government Response Summary
The government is reforming the skills system to create more routes into skilled employment and employers are at the heart of these reforms. They are using existing programmes to support construction skills and working alongside industry to ensure that their existing skills programmes can be directed to support the net zero agenda.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
Through the Skills for Jobs White Paper, we are reforming our skills system to create more routes into skilled employment in sectors the economy needs, such as housing retrofit. The Government has put employers at the heart of these reforms. Therefore, qualifications and skills offers are being designed in a way that is responsive to the needs of the market and employers. There are mechanisms in place for employers to get involved with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Qualifications to ensure the training and education they need is available. We have existing programmes that currently support construction skills, such as Skills Bootcamps which offer short, flexible courses in key green sectors such as housing retrofit, and The Engineering for Construction T Level which launched in Sept 2021, which covers housing retrofit and heat pump installation. Working alongside industry, we will continue to ensure that our existing skills programmes can be directed to support the net zero agenda, and where appropriate identify further opportunities to flex key skills programmes to support green sectors and occupations. The key vehicle for achieving this will be the new Green Jobs Delivery Group.