HVCA is committed to ensuring the development of appropriate skills and competences to satisfy the short and long-term requirements of the industry.

HVCA is in the process of convincing its members that skills gaps restrict their ability to take advantage of emerging commercial opportunities.

HVCA is working towards the matching of vocational education and training provision, at every level of the workforce, to the needs of employers and the industry.

HVCA is encouraging increased levels of new-entrant training to meet present and future industry requirements.

HVCA is acting to ensure that the business case for training is understood by all stakeholders.

HVCA is in the process of developing training funding arrangements that meet the needs of the sector and which are fair and equitable to all parties.

HVCA is taking steps to ensure that the sourcing of labour through labour agencies and from overseas does not permanently undermine the industry's skills base.

" The building services engineering sector has come to realise that the introduction of funding arrangements that truly meet its needs is crucial to its future prosperity"

Andrew Iveson
Chairman HVCA Education Committee