Technician Membership – Delivering the Step Change: Technician Lifed Expert Panel 11 th May 2010

1. Technician Membership – Delivering the Step Change:Technician Lifed Expert Panel 11th May 2010

2. Meeting Aims • First meeting of the Technician Expert Panel: to validate the vision of the campaign; to agree the Terms of Reference; to validate the strategy; to determine next steps for the Panel – including specific input from members where appropriate on future activity

3. Agenda • Introductions • Background • Vision • Terms of Reference and operation • Work undertaken to date • Reporting • Summary / validation • Next meeting

4. Background, Why?, and Vision

5. Background • Founding of Society of Civil Engineering Technicians (SCET) in 1968. • Board of Incorporate Engineers and Technicians (BIET) took over from SCET in 1989 following the merger with ICE • Once the 2 grades integrated into ICE, BIET disbanded in 2001. • Decline in numbers of EngTech

6. The Civil Engineering Team.. 2009 { c100,000 c35% 1% Membership The independently verified, professionally qualified: competent team Industry C40,000

7. The Step Change • Aim: 2000 new Technician Members by the end of 2015 • Challenge: On current performance will deliver c250 • Step Change: An order of magnitude increase in the number of new Technician Members • Core Focus: UK

8. Vision

9. Why? • Technicians perform a valuable role within the Civil Engineering Team, are under represented within ICE, and under valued by employers. There is a substantial opportunity to qualify technicians and develop and share knowledge, which is within ICE’s Royal Charter obligations.

10. Vision Build up • Initial 5–year: Technicians are valued and recognised for their contribution to the civil engineering team by industry. 2,000 new Technician Members in 5 years (which currently would be 5% representation). Technician Members are fully engaged within ICE. • 12-15 – year: Intermediate (changes in numbers): The TMICE membership is balanced at the same level of representation as CEng/IEng Membership (currently: 35% would equate to 14000 TMICE) • Ultimate: 100% of civil engineering technicians are Technician Members and fully engaged within ICE. (Currently would equate to 40,000 TMICE)

11. Strategy • Promote the value of Technicians and Technician Membership • Develop and operate flexible routes to Technician Membership • Offer an effective Learned Society for Technician Members

12. Strategy - Engagement Marketing & Communications Governance Subscriptions and Fees

13. Terms of Reference

14. Work done to date

15. Workshops • Multi-disciplinary workshops: representatives from the Regions, Engineering Policy & Innovation, Marketing and Communications, MIS, Subscriptions, and Membership • Developed the vision statement • Scoped the strategy • Developed the activity strands

16. Strands • Membership (TMICE) • Membership Processes • Knowledge Transfer • Marketing and Communications • Regional Delivery • Governance & Representation

17. Membership: TMICE • EngTech TMICE: defined through ICE 3002 DLR • Subscriptions: to be reviewed: existing reduction in place until 2012 AB • Fees: application fees to be reviewed DLR • Case studies preparation for dissemination HC, JC • Champions identified HC, JC, MA • Advanced Technical Apprenticeship AS, MR, MA • QUEST Technician Awards (37 applications and 6 awards made to date) AS, JC, NM • Professional Review Awards / Prizes SB, HC, JC, • Technician Ambassadors: schools/colleges promotion AS, JC, HC

18. Membership: Processes • Digitisation of Application Processes: to handle an order of magnitude increase SB, NJ • Integration with Foundation Degree / HNC/D programmes AS, ER, SB, MA • TPRs conducted in the workplace: to be investigated SB, SH • Technician Reviewers (TMICE) to be recruited SB • Technician representatives on PRP, Standards Panel, PDP and Membership Committee SB, DLR, AS • Apprenticeships - finalisation: financial release AS, MR, MA

19. Knowledge Transfer • What the profession needs SR, SC • What the Technician needs/wants : CPD SH, AB, MA • What can Technicians “tell us” SR, HC, JC • What can Technicians contribute SR, HC, JC

20. Knowledge Transfer – what the profession needs • Project for the Capacity Building Panel AliB, SR • Scoping work undertaken by EPI staff January and February 2010 AliB, SR • Workshop for Capacity Building Panel May 2010 AliB, SR • Activities identified for 2011 Business Plan - Sep 2010 AliB, SR • Strong “delivery” representation… AliB, AB

21. Knowledge Transfer – what the Technicians need/want • Technician oriented CPD programmes identified during 2010 for integration into the 2011 Regional Learned Society Programme AB, MA, SH, SF • Relevant workshops / training programmes to be explored / developed SR, AB, MA, SH, SF, HC, JC

22. Marketing & Communications • Business case / benefits -> Value Proposition: prepared for dissemination to employers and clients HC, JC, MA, SH • Candidate proposition / benefits -> Value Proposition: prepared for dissemination to potential Technician Members HC, JC, MA, SH • Academic provider case -> Value Proposition: prepared for dissemination to HE/FE AS, HC, JC, MA, SH • Potential TMICE - Regional split HC, JC • Employer Engagement / Profiling DLR, HC, JC, SF

23. Regions – delivery • Promotion of integrated finals and TPR to FE/HE colleges SB, AS, MR, AB, SH, MA • Promotion of apprenticeships to employers DLR, AS, MR, HC, JC, MA, SF, • Sharing of good practice to identify and adopt best practice; lessons learned AB, SF, DLR, SF, • Identifying and building new employer relationships MA, HC, JC, SC, • Promotion of TMICE to employers SH, MA, AB • Promotion of TMICE to clients SH, MA, AB • Promotion of TMICE to potential TMICE SH

24. Governance • New Technician Committee to represent grade to be investigated DLR, EW, SC • Technician representation on Key committees and panels DLR, • Lifed Technician Expert Panel – oversee the programme DLR

25. Work Breakdown

26. Reporting

27. Reporting • Council via Membership Committee • Members? • Others?

28. Summary and validation

29. Summary and validation • Anything missing? • Anything that can wait? • Next steps: individual, sub-group, Panel

30. Next meeting

31. Next meeting • The next meeting is on Tuesday 7th September at 10.00