The Heritage Lottery Fund is providing funding to a partnership of English Heritage, the National Trust, Cadw, CITB-ConstructionSkills and the National Heritage Training Group to establish and deliver a £1 million traditional building skills bursary scheme.
The aims of the scheme are to address some of the currently recognised skills shortages and gaps within the traditional crafts and built heritage sector; to build diversity in the workforce; and to encourage applications from people who are currently under-represented in the workforce through the provision of bursary places throughout England and Wales.
Funding will be available to help craftspeople, trainees and career changers gain valuable work-based training, develop existing skills or improve their knowledge and experience of conservation and repair of historic buildings, structures or sites. Eligible trades include:
- blacksmithing
- brick masonry
- carpentry and joinery
- electrical and plumbing
- dry stone walling
- earth building
- fibrous plastering
- flint working
- ironwork
- lime mortar
- lime plaster
- painting and decorating
- stone conservation
- roofing
- wheelwrighting
Placements will be offered at a range of public and private providers and will include specific heritage sites and / or workshops. Bursary holders will be supervised by experienced craftspeople and training received under the scheme will not replace training which can be gained at a college.
The bursary scheme will run until 2010. The scheme will fund approximately 80 variable length work-placements of between 1 month and 2 years:
- 16 short placements of 1 month's duration
- 48 lasting 3-6 months
- 16 of 6 months-2 years
To find out full details of available placements go to www.buildingbursaries.org.uk
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