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NFRC Roofing Focus Continued from page 18 However, with a little bit of guidance the process is actually quite straightforward: • Develop a job description and job advert. • Create your new recruit’s contract of employment. • Find a training provider or partner to help you plan and recruit for your early careers job – links to these are on our website. • Prepare the team and manager of the new recruit to make sure they are aware of their responsibilities of managing them effectively. • Advertise the job opportunity. We recommend that you advertise your job opportunities through Talentview Construction. 3It costs too much With the cost of materials and labour increasing and cashflow tightening, it is understandable that roofing contractors may not want to take on extra costs by recruiting an apprentice. However, it is worth bearing in mind apprentices perform productive work while completing their apprenticeship, and there are savings to be gained from lower recruitment costs and lower salaries, compared to trying to recruit experienced workers only. Apprentices also become highly skilled even before they finish their training. According to the ESFA there are nine key benefits that employers have identified for recruiting, training and retaining apprentices. This included employers confirming that 25 per cent of their customers are willing to pay more for products from a business that employs apprentices, and 74 per cent of employers say that apprentices improved products or service quality. Plus, 78 per cent say that they improved productivity. It’s important to be able to work out how much an apprentice would cost your business every year. The core costs of employing an apprentice are made up of hourly wage, yearly National Insurance contributions and pension The NFRC launched the Great British Slate Off competition to celebrate slate/pitched roofing apprentices. The winner of the inaugural event, Jordan Maley, is pictured above (left) with his tutor Ross Hepburn of South Lanarkshire College. contributions, training costs and providing appropriate PPE, tools and uniform. There are a variety of funding options open to employers of apprentices. These include the ongoing government apprenticeship incentive payment (£3,000) for recruiting a new apprentice and the apprenticeship grants available through the CITB. 4They’ll leave anyway Employers often say that there is no point investing time, money and effort into recruiting and training an apprentice if they are going to leave or be poached at the end of the apprenticeship. According to the UK Government’s apprenticeship achievement statistics, 64 per cent of apprentices complete their apprenticeship, with 65.7 per cent being retained by their employer after their apprenticeship ends. This may seem a disappointing stat, however there will never be a 100 per cent retention rate with every employee. Whilst apprentices are free to go where they wish once they have completed their apprenticeship, there are proactive steps you can do to ensure they stay. More guidance on effectively inducting and managing your apprentice can be found here https://www.nfrc.co.uk/careers/employers/rec ruiting. Investing in apprentices by giving them a good workplace experience will mitigate them wanting to leave while creating a talent pipeline for the sector. 5There’s not enough training provision in my area Roofing training provision is spread across the UK, so it could well be the case that your nearest training centre is not as local as desired. Does this mean you shouldn’t take on an apprentice? absolutely not. Here is what you should do if there isn’t training provision in your area: • Call NFRC Careers Service to check as we have close relationships with both existing and new training providers and can make introductions for you to speak to the right person quickly and with confidence. • Consider block release. This means instead of your apprentice attending training once a week, they attend for week-long blocks instead, still receiving the training they need, but in a different way. • Tell the CITB. Without industry feedback, the CITB cannot effectively work with us to grow the training provision for roofing. Contact NFRC www.nfrc.co.uk @TheNFRC 20 TC FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong>
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