Free Services for 'Train to Gain' Skills Brokers
SummitSkills provide a range of free services to help the Skills Broker contact, inquire and get informed of employers quickly. The aim is to allow Skills Brokers to consider means of contact beyond what they had initially thought, to plan which methods to use over a time period and to build upon the expertise of others without having to 'reinvent the wheel'.
Phone Support
Access to building services information via the SummitSkills Careers Helpline on 08000 688 336, via the web at www.summitskills.org.uk, via your regional Operations Manager or via SummitSkills Head Office on 01908 303960 or email enquiries@summitskills.org.uk.
List of Interested Party Organisations
A document with the interested parties' (JTL, BEST, BusinessLink, JC+, etc) regional addresses, phone numbers and contact personnel (if known).
‘Common Sources of Employees’ document
A document listing the regional and national sources for new employees should an employer request where to get additional labour. Each category lists the benefits and warning of that option.
Employer ‘Survey Form’
A spreadsheet database and mail-merge document used to initiate a mail-out survey to employers asking them details of their business and training needs. Useful to find ‘dead’ leads and tailor services to the company before you arrive.
Employer and trainee flyers
A series of glossy brochures describing SummitSkills’ services offered to employers, trainees, interest groups and more.
Employer life-cycle chart
A circular diagram depicting the transition of a company from sole trader, to micro-company, SME, medium and large company until final sale. Determining the stage a company is at helps determine the best training services that should be offered.
Information regarding skill cards
Details on what skill cards are available for building services and who to contact for these services.
SummitSkills regional training groups, interest groups and web-site registration
Information for joining the SummitSkills forums to help mould the training courses into the future. Click here to register with SummitSkills and be kept up to date on events.
Building services websites of interest
A list of dozens of websites related to building services, trade organisations, training providers, government departments and much more.
Recent Government legislation (Part P, G, H and L)
A guide to the latest government legislation concerning building services.
Joint visits
Between TTG brokers and SummitSkills where we think the employer would benefit from the Train to Gain offer (within agreed limits)
Employer visits with a SummitSkills operations manager for initial training purposes or to help answer difficult questions. The level of this service will need to be agreed upon with the operations manager. Joint visits in excess of agreed limits may become chargeable.
Escalation of employer requests (via phone or email)
Should a broker be asked a training question that they do not know the answer, the SummitSkills operations manager can be a useful point of escalation. The usual methods of contact would be either phone or email.
Feedback Meetings
Meetings between the broker’s relationship manager, the SummitSkills national broker manager and the SummitSkills operations manager will be organised on a regular basis to review how we can resolve outstanding issues and better help one another.
