Talent Pipeline

Creating a Talent Pipeline

This is all about attracting more people to the sector and giving them clear career paths. We seek to do this by :

  1. supporting the new members of our Foundations Group to extend their social media presence to inspire people to join the sector https://www.ceca.co.uk/wales/foundation-group
  2. launching the CECA Wales Foundation Group careers booklet titled “Ever thought of a civil engineering career in Wales?” which will be shared with all of Wales’ schools and colleges and will be free for members to use in their social value engagement
  3. working with CITB and other industry partners to deliver Civils Training Hubs in the north and south of Wales which will provide a focus for showcasing work opportunities for a new generation of civil engineering and plant operatives
  4. working with Medr, the new body overseeing tertiary education, to review the recently launched Construction and Built Environment qualifications at GCSE, A-level and Foundation Apprentice level
  5. finalising the development of new resources, via our Foundations Group, to support the new Welsh curriculum and promote an improved delivery model for social value
  6. supporting and promoting alternative pathways into the industry via the new Civils Training Hubs, including routes for employing ex-offenders and ex-Forces personnel.
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Following the results of Wales’ Senedd elections, could this mean good news for the civils sector? It was a pretty historic election for Wales with Plaid Cymru becoming the largest party with 43 seats followed by Reform on 34 seats. The 27 year reign of Welsh Labour is over with the other parties trailing. Given

CECA Wales’ Quick Supplier Connect Webinars
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Last week we hosted our first “Quick Supplier Connect” webinar for two small Welsh businesses to pitch their products/services to our civil engineering contractor members. We keep telling ourselves that Wales is a nation of small businesses, and we are. So, why not give the innovative ones a helping hand by putting them in touch