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South London Retrofit Skills: What's Needed?

Understanding retrofit upskill needs across Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth to match the 10 year high scale demand & commercial opportunity.

Complete the form below to help us better understand what is needed to grow the retrofit task-force.

What sector do you represent?(Required)

Employer

Construction supply chain

Public procurement

Developer

Housing association

How big is your business?(Required)

Self-employed

2-49

50-249

250+

What is the primary nature of your business?(Required)

Construction

Electrical

Plumbing

Painter/Decorator

The Trade

Other

Please Specify(Required)

What are the main challenges for developing retrofit installation supply chain capacity in South London? (Choose top 3)(Required)

Supply of the right technical skills/courses

Cost of courses/skills training

Time to take courses/skills training

Finding information about courses available

Lack of consumer demand

What training or skills do you or your employees need to access the South London retrofit opportunities?(Required)

Retrofit assessor skills

Retrofit coordinator skills

PAS 2030

PAS 2035

New trade skills

Please specify(Required)

Are you able to access the training needed and if not why?(Required)

Yes

No

Please specify(Required)

How many retrofit activities or developments do you plan to work on in the next 5 years?(Required)

0

1-10

11-50

51-100

Over 100

You answered '0', please let us know why you are NOT considering retrofit opportunities(Required)

No consumer demand

Not enough profit

Not my core business

Other

Please specify(Required)

In relation to retrofit, do you know how many additional people you will require in the future?(Required)

0-5

6-10

11-30

31-50

50+

Don't know

Do you know what training or skills they would require?(Required)

Yes

No

Please specify(Required)

How easy is it to recruit additional staff with the right skills if you need them on a project(Required)

Very easy

Quite easy

Not very easy

Very hard

Where do you recruit from?(Required)

Word of mouth

Job Centre

Recruitment agency

Online

Social media

What is the best way to engage with you (understand your needs and support you with accessing the retrofit commercial opportunity)(Required)

Email communications - e.g. newsletter

Events (in person or online)

Website with email/form function

Other

Please specify(Required)

What kind of business support would your organisation benefit from?(Required)

Access to training / skills

Access to market opportunities

Access to workforce

Access to trade information

Other

Please specify(Required)

What is your first name?(Required)

What is your last name?(Required)

Business or organisation name(Required)

Phone number(Required)

Email address(Required)

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South London Retrofit Skills: What's Needed?

Understanding retrofit upskill needs across Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth to match the 10 year high scale demand & commercial opportunity.

Complete the form below to help us better understand what is needed to grow the retrofit task-force.

BIG is a collaboration between

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