Delivering Heritage Construction Skills and Training in Projects

Conservation and heritage capital projects offer great opportunities to build in skills and training for those working on the project and for wider audiences. Providing heritage skills and training has many benefits and can help address skills gaps and shortages identified in our research, ensuring the sector is able to meet demand.

Resource Hub

Planning skills and training activities early in a project helps make sure that they are realistic to deliver and provide positive, long-term outcomes.

To support the design of activities which will suit the resources available to your project, our resource hub brings together information on different stages of the planning process.

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Benefits

There are many benefits to providing skills and training activities, including:

  • Helping tackle skills shortages affecting the sector by improving the knowledge and experience of trainees or the existing workforce
  • Developing the skills and knowledge of people involved in your project
  • Promoting careers in heritage and increasing job prospects
  • Raising awareness of traditional skills and their importance in preserving our historic buildings
  • Making your project more attractive to grant funders and providing opportunities for fundraising
  • Increasing publicity for your project
  • Contributing social value through engagement with your local communities

Key Links

These webpages showcase how different training activities have been successfully delivered as part of projects and provide more detail on qualifications, training, and career opportunities.