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CONTENTS OUR PARTNERS 02. CONTENTS PAGE Forest of Dean, Cinderford. 03 04. WELCOME TO ACCXEL 06. ACCXEL AT A GLANCE 08. BESPOKE DELIVERY 10. TRAINEE PROGRAMMES 12. ACCXEL SKILL STEPS© 14. SKILL STEPS© 1-5 17. CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY 18. COMPETENCY AND TRAINING 19. OUR SERVICES 02 please visit www.accxel.co.uk

WELCOME TO “People are the ACCXEL biggest challenge in business, but will AccXel was conceived through personal experience of being a Director and third generation of a £70m ”always be the construction business based in Gloucestershire. Through discussions of succession planning, it was greatest reward worryingly apparent that the skills and people are not available to support our growth plans or even maintain our current portion of the market in the next 5 -10 years. People are the biggest challenge in With a background in construction training and safety management, and business case studies carried business, but will always be the greatest out over 4 years in apprenticeships, I have been able to research and solidify the significant gaps within reward. Without good people, we don’t construction that AccXel will address. AccXel began its journey 4 years ago and has listened to industry to have good businesses. The time for expand its mission to also promote and support sustainability, diversity, life-long learning and career listening has ended, it is now time to put ambitions. AccXel isn’t just a training school, it’s an ideology and the aspiration of future proofing the actions before words. industry. AccXel will support people to construct We listen to companies struggling to source labour, the future, the future of the infrastructure to maintain their workforce and to feed their talent of our country, the future of our pools. We listen to companies who count the cost employees and their families and, of an unskilled, unmotivated labour pool and to ultimately, the future of our businesses. companies losing staff due to workplace stress Now is the time to make People our and the inability to train or upskill. No sector Priority. Join us on that journey. should need a crisis to understand the value of the people working within WE ARE it, but sometimes we need to CONSTRUCTING re-evaluate how we prioritise FUTURES our most valued asset. Nicola Bird, 04 Founder and Managing Director. 05please visit www.accxel.co.uk

ACCXEL 10 Teaching spaces AT A GLANCE Study pods and an Artisan Cafe 40 Parking spaces AccXel is the Construction Skills Accelerator Centre based in Gloucestershire and is the first co-funded, Nearby affiliated hotel industry led construction education facility in the UK. Co-funded by HM Government, GFirst LEP and K W Bell Group, AccXel will offer training programmes, professional education and life-long learning to In November 2020 AccXel received a Lecture Theatre: built to seat up to 120 develop the next generation of construction professionals and upskill the current workforce. visit from the Secretary of State for theatre-style or can be partitioned to two smaller Housing, Communities and Local lecture theatres or conference rooms. The state-of-the-art, £3m education centre has been established to address the severe skills shortage, Government, Robert Jenrick, and then a compounded by the surge in nationwide construction. visit from George Bamford of JCB to AccXel Digital Wing: built to house 4 high-tech confirm their endorsement. Tenstar simulators to facilitate training on all AccXel will change the face of construction education through encouraging pupils, school leavers, description of plant machinery including telescopic career changers and career starters into construction, as well as upskilling those already in the industry. AccXel was cited by Forest of Dean MP, handler, excavator and crane to name just a few. In collaboration with education partners, qualifications at AccXel will range from NVQ L2 through to Mark Harper in the House of Commons Postgraduate Degrees and Doctoral programmes . in March 2021 and is being put forward Mock Live site including areas for practical training as the exemplar in a White Paper to for each stage of domestic construction, a street As the first co-funded, industry led education facility, and the first private company to receive public be put forward to Parliament for scene utilities detection area and a sample modular funds through the post-COVID ‘Getting Building’ fund, AccXel is receiving National acclaim. reformation to address our skills home. shortages. With National press, sponsors and Parliament expectantly watching A practical training area for our JCB Plant Operations the establishment and evolution of Trainee Programme including a JCB roller, cabbed AccXel, we are very excited to be at the dumper, excavator and telescopic handler. forefront of change in construction - when it is most needed. 10 Miles from Lydney train station, 14 miles from Gloucester train station 06 please visit www.accxel.co.uk 07

BESPOKE “ At AccXel, it’s DELIVERY not just about the qualifications, ”it’s about the whole person The AccXel WHOLE The AccXel programmes have been Sustainability lies at the core of AccXel person approach designed to ensure that the individual and will not only be taught via specialist receives the best theoretical and practical professional courses, but will run through construction education available. all the direct delivery training, to ensure that people entering and upskilling within Learners will complete their educational the industry are educated fully in programmes with modules in the built environmental considerations. environment, mental health awareness, personal development and leadership. AccXel will also challenge and address All of these topics are mandatory modules issues surrounding diversity within within our Trainee and Skill Steps construction and perception within the Programme curriculum and will ensure industry. With so many opportunities and that we are not only providing learners a dearth of skills and people, AccXel seeks with the requisite qualifications, but also to make construction the industry of choice, the vital skills to be able to flourish and where enthusiasm and determination are excel in their role. the key drivers to ensuring future business success for both learners and employers. Natalie Bell, Director of Business Growth and Partnership 08 please visit www.accxel.co.uk 09

TRAINEE Bricklaying PROGRAMMES Duration: 30 months The AccXel Trainee Programmes have been designed to ensure Entry requirements Available in England only that the individual receives the best theoretical and practical for all Trainee construction education available. They not only incorporate the Programmes Groundworks requisite training for qualifications to enable safe site working, but we also equip the Trainees to be career ready. Commitment Duration: 18 months Enthusiasm Available in England and Wales. Using our mock-live site, our Trainees will learn the latest digital Determination construction techniques; using high-tech digital equipment and Physical Fitness Plant Operation machinery courtesy of our industry partners, JCB and Leica Genuine interest Geosystems. in construction Duration: 15 months and in learning Available in England and Wales. Trainees will also complete their programmes with modules in the built environment, mental health awareness and personal 11please visit www.accxel.co.uk development; invaluable additions that enable the Trainee to be an instantly valued member of staff and encourage them to aspire in their careers. Individuals without Level 1 Functional Skills in English and Maths will achieve this by the end of the Trainee Programme and will be included withing the curriculum if needed by the trainee. Programme Details All 3-week initial block release training followed by weekly day-release training and two further one-week teaching blocks. 10

AccXel Skill STEPS© ACCXEL Partnering with leadership development specialists QuoLuxTM to create the Skill SKILL  STEPS© framework, the programme allows individuals to build upon knowledge STEPS© as they work their way up the STEPS©, gaining the confidence and self-belief required to safely and successfully lead and manage a construction site. AccXel Skill STEPS©is a construction education programme for individuals entering AccXel Skill STEPS© supports life long learning through a structured pathway, and progressing through the industry, whilst easing bottlenecks and supporting career aspirations. and is applicable to all trades and sectors within construction. 1 2345 Trainee Tradesperson Team Leader/ Senior Site Site Manager Site Supervisor Supervisor/ 12 please visit www.accxel.co.uk Trainee Manager 13

SKILL STEP 1 SKILL STEP 3 Who For? Duration What’s included? Who For? Duration What’s included? 3 weeks 12 - 18 months ■ NVQ L3 - Occupational Anyone looking to get ■ Health and Safety For those wanting to into the construction Awareness take the first step into Work Supervision industry site supervision or a ■ Introduction to Lean ■ Manual Handling team leader role Construction Working towards Support ■ Fairness, inclusion Working towards Support ■ Building Regulations and respect ■ Support and career ■ Stress awareness & & Control advice from our ■ Personal management ■ Communicating well dedicated Careers development Liason ■ Managing a & Effectively Leading ■ Mental health conversation People awareness ■ Site Supervisor Safety Training Trainee What’s next? - STEP 2 Team Leader / Supervisor What’s next? - STEP 4 Included within all trainee programmes SKILL STEP 4 SKILL STEP 2 Who For? Duration What’s included? Who For? Duration What’s included? Trainees who have 12 - 18 months 9 months ■ IOSH - Managing previous site experience ■ NVQ L2 Trade For those who want and prior learning in the Support Occupation to advance their Safety industry ■ Mental Health knowledge and move ■ Site Environmental ■ Introduction to the into a more senior role Working towards Awareness & Building Built Environment & Awareness Resilience Sustainability Working towards Support ■ Building Regulations ■ Achieving Quality ■ Mental Health at - Fire Safety Work ■ Effectively Leading ■ Working well in a team & effective ■ Fierce conversations People Communication ■ Managing conflict ■ Building anengaged ■ Health & Safety team in a project operative training What’s next? - STEP 5 Skilled Tradeperson What’s next? - STEP 3 Senior Supervisor / Trainee Manager Included within all trainee programmes 15please visit www.accxel.co.uk 14

SKILL STEP 5 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Who For? Duration What’s included? 12 - 18 months For those who want to ■ NVQ L6 in move into the role of Construction Site Training and competency testing on our state-of-the-art GPS Control Training for Site Manager or upskill, Management construction simulators. Our simulators operate a 360 tracker Plant Operators qualify or advance excavator, Telescopic Handler and Articulated Hauler. their knowledge and ■ Environmental Simplified and connected leadership skills Management in solutions for increasing staff Construction productivity on site and Working towards Support • EFFECTIVE TRAINING unifying design data for ■ Defect Prevention seamless workflows are ■ HR Law: The Basics Simulators allow learners essential to keep margin gains ■ Managing stress ■ Emotional Intelligence to get more hours in the and generate profits. machine, regardless of within a team ■ Effectively Leading season and weather. AccXel has partnered with People construction technology Site Manager / • SAFE TRAINING • COMPETENCY TESTING leaders, Leica Geosystems to Project Manager ■ Effectively Engaging teach GPS machine control on & Motivating people Learners train in a safe Using the unique Tenstar a unique, intelligent and and relaxed environment. Scoring System which is intuitive hardware and ■ Effective Project They can practice extreme quantitative and qualitative, software combination for the Management situations and operations AccXel will provide construction industry. without risking injury or performance-based ■ Influence & machine damage. scorecards; focusing on Ground penetration Radar Negotiation in Safety, Quality and Economy - Training Leading Change • GREEN TRAINING enabling evaluation, feedback and most importantly proof of Our GPR training course ■ Prioritising workloads Producing and running a competency for employers. looks at the principles and simulator that uses only limitations of the technology, ■ Mental Health electricity and no fossil fuels gives attendees plenty of recognition and leaves a minimal climate practical hands-on time with supporting a team footprint compared to a the kit and goes through traditional machine. reading and post- processing Take the next step with our site scans. At the end of this Surveying with Drones course you will be able to Educational Partners confidently carry out a GPR Taught by our expert partners, survey, understanding even professional surveying, the most complex of geo-mapping and asset environments and deliver inspection are dynamic accurate maps of your survey processes and the foundation area. for many engineering projects. 16 please visit www.accxel.co.uk 17

CAONMDPTERTAEINNICNYG SOEURRVICES HEALTH, SAFETY & SITE COMPETENCY Trainee Topical discussions ENVIRONMENTAL COURSES COURSES Programmes offered from global and in groundwork, national partners. Health and Safety Awareness Excavation Safety (safe shoring) brickwork and plant Temporary Work Coordinator Vacuum Excavation operations. Temporary Work General Awareness Confined Space Awareness Temporary Work Supervisor CAT & Genny An AccXel unique Built Environment Site Environmental Awareness Ground Penetration Radar product, supporting career days with Site Manager Safety Training Manual Handling a developmental guest speakers Site Supervisor Safety Training Abrasive wheel pathway through a and advice for Slinger/Banksman career journey from career and Excavator Operative Training Trainee to Site education. Telescopic Handler Operative Training Manager. Articulated Hauler Operative Training Assessment days Excavator Operative Competency test Plant training on for those who are Telescopic Handler Operative Competency test state-of-the-art ready to take on Articulated Hauler Operative Competency Test simulators, an apprenticeship. GPS Machine Control promoting a safe and controlled training environment. Promoting continual With a theatre to sit development in an up to 120 candidates agile environment, AccXel is the perfect with a blend of real venue for training, and virtual learning. product launches, corporate events and socials. 18 19please visit www.accxel.co.uk

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