CPA Bulletin

www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > February 2020 7 The Plant Sector Representative Organisation (PSRO) is an employer-led body which has formed a Board including representation from Build UK, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), Federation Piling Specialists (FPS), Home Builders Federation (HBF), National Federation Demolition Contractors (NFDC) and the Scottish Plant Owners’ Association (SPOA). The intention of the PSRO Board is to ensure the support, input and contribution from all industry and all stakeholders who have a role or interest in the supply of training, skills and competence requirements for plant-based occupations and help deliver the intended PSRO outcome and objectives. Key stakeholders include certificating bodies who offer cards and certification for the range of plant occupations listed within the PSRO Board’s Terms of Reference. The CPA, as the initial administrators of the PSRO, organised a number of meetings during November 2019 with the first meeting held with current certificating bodies including plant card schemes and awarding organisations. The aimwas to engage with these bodies and form a Certificating Bodies Standing Sub-Group under an agreed Terms of Reference to represent their interest to the Board. In principle, certificating bodies welcomed the formation of the PSRO. Subsequent employer engagement meetings were held with employers and other stakeholders fromwhich delegates were informed of the role, aims, objectives, structure and future actions of the PSRO. Delegates at each of the meetings were again supportive of the PSRO and its intended function. The PSROBoardwill bemeetingmid-February 2020 where it is intended that the Terms of Reference will be finalised and based on the feedback from each of the engagement meetings, action plans derived from the feedback will be implemented. This will include the formation of an employer-led Technical Standing Sub-Group to finalise a Competency Framework in order to create a level of harmonisation for plant-based certification within construction. More information about the PSRO and other material such as the Board’s and Certificating Bodies’ draft Terms of Reference and notes from the employer engagement meetings can be downloaded from https://www.cpa.uk.net/psro/ PSRO Meetings ASSOCIATIONNEWS: 2 Stars of the Future 2020 Awards - continued * Excludes mobile, crawler or tower crane operations as these are covered by the Lifting Technician Award. Exhibition and sponsorship opportunities are available at Stars of the Future 2020. For further information, please contact Lisa Collins on 07968 840390 or email lisa@lisacollinscommunications.co.uk