Green/Sustainability Training

Tender description

The College is seeking to appoint a specialist training provider to deliver short bespoke courses specifically for Green/Sustainability training. The target group for this training is apprentices, employees and employers of organisations operating in Leeds City Region. We are looking for specialist providers of training who: o can demonstrate a track record of successfully delivering the required skills training to a high quality and compliant standard, particularly to SME businesses and organisations in the Leeds City Region o can demonstrate local knowledge and understands how to communicate with a variety of businesses and employees from a wide range of sectors o have a good knowledge of apprenticeships to apply the training most appropriately to the target group The aim of the training is to provide accredited and non-accredited short courses ranging between Level 2 and Level 4 with the intention to equip apprentices, employees and employers with a broad understanding of environmental sustainability, to enable them to operate in a more sustainable way within their organisation. As part of the training, there is an expectation that the successful provider will deliver an accredited Environmental/Sustainability unit or qualification to participants at Level 2 and Level 3 or Level 4. An example has been provided below, but alternative suggestions of accredited units or programmes will be welcomed. Title of Skills Training Course/Unit Level 2 - IEMA Working with Environmental Sustainability Level 4 - IEMA Managing with Environmental Sustainability The Skills Provider must be accredited to deliver the accredited qualification at the time of application and must provide evidence of this. We expect the successfully appointed organisations to be responsible for: o Designing programme content and delivering the allocated skills training o Delivering to apprentices, employers and employees of organisations identified by employer engagement staff at Calderdale College o Providing the skills training at an appropriate time and place to suit businesses and employees ensuring maximum participation, which may include online and distance learning to ensure flexibility o Provision of all supporting material, which could include but is not limited to; presentation slides, worksheets, demonstration materials, additional specialist trainers/consultants (where appropriate) o Full compliance with European Social Fund (ESF), College Branding and Publicity guidance, copies of which will be provided by the College o Support the College in ensuring participants complete specified template programme documentation such as participation eligibility forms, Individual Learning Plans and feedback forms, and returning them to the College following completion of delivery in a timely manner o Work with College project and quality staff to review and address employer and participant feed...