CLIMATE FORTH DEVELOPMENT PHASE WORKS: SCOPING & DESIGN STUDY FOR CONTRACTOR SKILL TRAINING TO BENEFIT LAND MANAGEMENT FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION

Tender description

RSPB Scotland, on behalf of Inner Forth Futures, wishes to commission a consultant or agency to develop a ‘Scoping & Design Study for Contractor Skill Training to benefit land management for climate adaptation’, for the Climate FORTH (Furthering Our Resilience Through Heritage) project. It will sit as part of a wider suite of activities that aims to support the resilience of our heritage assets to climate and other change. The training is aimed at groundwork operatives (contractors & public sector) who are located within the Inner Forth area. Through practical training, there will be an increased number of groundworks operatives who are skilled, confident and experienced in undertaking habitat management with the end aim of climate adaptation or mitigation, and operatives in multiple sectors will have increased their adaptability and resilience through pivoting their skill-set, so will be better positioned to tender for work (specifically habitat enhancement). The successful candidate should demonstrate previous experience in similar work. The Training Programme will be submitted as part of a Stage 2 bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, grants for heritage. This work is possible thanks to National Lottery players, the Climate FORTH development phase is funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund.