Citation
(2012), "Double honors for Balfour Beatty degree", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 44 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict.2012.03744aaa.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Double honors for Balfour Beatty degree
Article Type: Notes and news From: Industrial and Commercial Training, Volume 44, Issue 1
Balfour Beatty Engineering Service’s degree program has received a double seal of approval from two of the construction industry’s leading bodies.
The program, run in partnership with Liverpool Community College and Liverpool John Moores University, has been formally accredited for the next five years by the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE). The industry-training organization Summit Skills has also officially endorsed the program – the first time a degree course has achieved this recognition.
The program is also the first degree course to secure the endorsement of both Summit Skills and Foundation Degree Forward, which is a quality mark confirming that the course content matches the skills that employers require from employees looking to work in their sector.
Balfour Beatty Engineering Service invests £500,000 a year in the program. This funds the tuition fees, living and accommodation costs of all 76 students on the four-year course and reflects Balfour Beatty’s long-term commitment to promote excellence in the construction industry.
Learning and development manager Lee Walters said: “These accreditations are a tremendous endorsement of the quality of the program and add even more weight to the BSc (honors) degree that students get at the end of it. Our partnership with the community college and Liverpool John Moores University goes back 17 years. To have achieved a renewed seal of approval from CIBSE and the Summit Skills endorsement is a real boost.
HR director Gordon Rae said: “We are committed to recruiting only the most talented and skilled people to work on our projects. This partnership has worked incredibly well in terms of allowing young people to access the highest quality education and training with real job opportunities at the end of it.”
CIBSE is the standard setter and authority on building-services engineering. Summit Skills is the sector skills council for the building-services engineering sector.