NUCLEAR

1. September 2008 Julie Maykels NW/NE Regional Manager NUCLEAR Supported by: Serco/SBB Nuclear, Urenco, LLWR Repository Ltd, Nuvia Ltd, Fluor Ltd, British Energy, UKAEA, CH2M HILL, Westinghouse/Springfields, VT Nuclear Services Ltd, Nicholson Engineering, Sellafield Ltd, Magnox North, Doosan Babcock, Magnox South, Energy Solutions, AMEC, APD Ltd, NDA, Washington Division of URS, GE-Hitachi Nuclear, Studsvik UK Ltd, Special Metal Wiggins Ltd, Aker Solutions, Studsvik UK Ltd, INS Innovation, Lab Impex, Nexia Solutions Anglesey Aluminium, Engineering Tools & Consumables Ltd.

2. Vision “To create, develop and promote world class skills and career pathways to support a sustainable future for the UK Nuclear Industry.” The National Skills Academy for Nuclear

3. Employer Led Board Jean Llewellyn Chief Executive Head Office Christine Hall PA & Admin Head Office Jo Tipa Operations Director NW/NE Office Nick Cusick Finance Director Head Office Tricia Austin Head of Product Development NW/NE Office Mary Kinsella Communications Manager Head Office Roland Fletcher Community Apprenticeship Manager Head Office Julie Maykels Northwest/ Northeast Regional Manager NW/NE Office Charles Bray Southwest Regional Manager Bridgwater College Robin Tinkler Southeast/ East Regional Manager Based SE/E Hub Ken Nicol Scotland Regional Manager Dounreay Tim Knight Wales Regional Manager Careers Wales

4. Staffing Developments • Nick Cusick: Finance Director started 14th April 2008 • Tricia Austin on Maternity Leave, secondee cover: • Mike Banks from BE covering: • Energy Foresight • STEM • Ambassadors Programme • Helen Bennett from Sellafield covering: • The Nuclear Skills Passport which includes: • Core Roles • Nuclear Industry Training Framework

5. Peaks and Troughs of Demand (Model 1) Waste Management and Disposal Op New Build and Operation Operations Decommissioning Recruit, train and develop Recruit, train and develop Recruit, train and develop

6. Re-skill, Up-skill and Recruit (Model 2) On going training and development of staff, crediting and recording attainment. National recognition

7. Model 2 requires an Industry wide approach to develop and retain the UK skills base

8. Overview Skills Passport Project Q: “Why does the Nuclear Industry need a Skills Passport Scheme?” A: To address change in skills needs required to deliver the decommissioning programme through the NDA, maintaining a skilled workforce to continue maintenance of operations and the whole fuel cycle, defence and the new growth areas of New Build and Waste Management

9. Passport Vision “Working together to develop and sustain a quality mobile workforce with transferable skills for a world-class nuclear industry’’ The National Skills Academy for Nuclear

10. Benefits of Passport Scheme Q - What will it offer employers? • Lead to improved performance by providing a system to assess training against agreed standards and the recording of industry/role specific competencies. • Will provide “portability of employment” between sites as a result of training standardisation. • Standardise the level at which trainers operate • Raise the profile of the industry.

11. Benefits of Passport Scheme • Provide secure management of training records and a single access point for the recording of all transferable industry training records. • Visible Career Paths, enabling upskilling and skills gap analysis through the Nuclear Industry Training Framework (NITF) in addition to training signposting. • Verification process for all training records input onto the passport system. The result: - A more transferable and flexible workforce will be formed that can close the skills gap in all sub-sectors of the industry.

12. Nuclear Site Access Pathway Operational radiological protection Radiographers Radiological protection advisers Managing & Wkg Safely First Aid Fork lift & crane Lifting & moving loads Rigging/Slinging Working at heights ladder safety Barrier Training PVC Suit Respirator Fit Test Pressurised suit worker Security Clearance C2 Monitored Worker Area Gardener C3 Classified Worker Area Visitor Access Door Handle Building PVC, Respirator, HighContam Generic Industry Induction Site Specific Training Process, Engineers , Technical Admin, Catering Office Based Technical Specialists Basic Common Induction InductionTraining NITF

13. Skills Passport Q – What will not be included? • The Nuclear Skills Passport will not carry details of security clearances or act as an identity document to gain site access. Existing site security systems and training on the knowledge of local procedures will remain unchanged. • The Nuclear Skills Passport will not replace existing SQEP management systems in the short term. However, it will aid licensees, by providing a physical system for proof of skills, in particular for the contractor workforce.

14. Nuclear Skills Passport Concept THE BENEFITS Demonstration of workforce competence to industry standards Web based IT platform gives employer access to evidence base Nuclear Industry Training Framework defines Industry Standards for workforce skills and competencies Workforce with transferable Skills Employers train workforce to NITF standards Employers record workforce skills on industry database Evidence of achievement of NITF skills and competencies Increased Workforce Mobility NSAN Network of Quality Assured training organisations Optimized workforce deployment & reduced training costs Employers benchmark workforce against NITF & Core Roles and identify training needs

15. Nuclear Industry Training Framework (NITF) Cogent and NSAN are working to produce a Nuclear Industry Training Framework (NITF) to recognise the training and qualifications of relevance to the nuclear industry, assigning a credit and level value to each component part, based on the commonly accepted principles of credit. This framework will be constructed to accommodate both formal and informal learning, meaning that it will have the flexibility to recognise training provided by individual employers, measured against national standards.

16. Nuclear Industry Training Framework (NITF) cont’ A key aspect of the NITF is its intention to recognise achievement of progress towards a competence profile this will initially be based around 10 Core Roles for example: Decommissioning Operator/Technician, Safety Engineer and Radiological Protection Technician etc.

17. IT Platform Solution ASW Cogent/ NSAN Contractor Web Application Sellafield NDA Estates MOD BE Site License Company Peoplesoft PMIS Peoplesoft Oracle HR/Training Integrated system

18. Benefits Summary • A flexible workforce that can effectively move around the sector to address peaks and troughs of demand – mobility • A large enough, competent workforce to meet needs of this growing sector – improves sector attractiveness • Substantial savings in both time and cost for the Supply Chain due to reduced need for repeat training • Savings in Supply Chain costs passed on to SLCs in contracts

19. How the Skills Passport will be portrayed • Strategic benefits and impact on the sector – main focus • Demonstrating contractor competence • Individual case studies to show cost benefits: • A contractor going from one site to another • An individual moving from one SLC to another • A contractor or individual being able to be trained whilst waiting for security clearance

20. The National Skills Academy for Nuclear and the Nuclear Skills Passport Leading to a sustainable, skilled, competent and safe UK nuclear workforce to achieve current and future demands SKILLS NUCLEAR The Nuclear Skills Passport recording nationally recognised skills and training across and underpinning the skills pyramid