New heritage trade opportunities at Tywi Centre | Cyfleoedd newydd yn y crefftau traddodiadol

New heritage trade opportunities at Tywi Centre

LLANDEILO’S Tywi Centre has become a centre of excellence for heritage carpentry and plastering.

Construction professionals across Wales and the UK will be given unique opportunities to specialise their skills and gain qualifications in the built heritage trades at the centre, which is part of Carmarthenshire County Council.

The Centre has won a contract to deliver the Specialist Applied-Skills Programme (SAP) on behalf of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

The SAP provides skills training and qualifications up to NVQ level 3, as well as CSCS Heritage Gold Card status.

For the next three years there will be fully funded programmes for up to eight carpenters in Wales and up to 18 plasterers in the UK per year.

CITB has funded the programme to address the shortage of people with the desired skills, knowledge and experience of working appropriately on older buildings.

The funding will cover the entire cost of the training and assessment to CITB registered companies. A course attendance and completion grant is also available to the employer.

The first round of training will begin in June 2018. The course involves a total of 20 days off-site training. Each candidate will have 18 months to complete their on-site assessment and evidence gathering.

Cllr Mair Stephens, Carmarthenshire County Council’s executive board member for planning and built heritage, said: “This is an excellent opportunity for employers to up-skill their workforce and to improve their potential for securing contracts available on older buildings.”

• To take advantage of this opportunity and to secure one of the limited places on the programme, contact the Tywi Centre at canofantywicentre@sirgar.gov.uk, call 01558 824271, or visit www.tywicentre.org.uk

Cyfleoedd newydd yn y crefftau traddodiadol

MAE Canolfan Tywi yn Llandeilo bellach yn ganolfan ragoriaeth ar gyfer gwaith coed a phlastro traddodiadol.

Bydd gweithwyr adeiladu ledled Cymru a Phrydain yn cael cyfle unigryw i arbenigo ac ennill cymwysterau yn y crefftau adeiladu traddodiadol yn y ganolfan hon sy’n rhan o Gyngor Sir Caerfyrddin.

Mae’r Ganolfan wedi ennill contract i ddarparu’r rhaglen Sgiliau Cymhwysol Arbenigol (SAP) ar ran Bwrdd Hyfforddi’r Diwydiant Adeiladu – CITB.

Mae’r SAP yn cynnig hyfforddiant sgiliau a chymwysterau hyd at NVQ lefel 3 yn ogystal â statws ‘Carden Aur Treftadaeth’ y Dystysgrif Iechyd a Diogelwch ym maes Adeiladu (CSCS).

Am y tair blynedd nesaf bydd rhaglenni sy’n cael eu hariannu’n llawn ar gael ar gyfer hyd at wyth saer coed yng Nghymru a hyd at 18 o blastrwyr o’r Deyrnas Unedig gyfan, bob blwyddyn.

Mae’r CITB wedi ariannu’r rhaglen i fynd i’r afael â’r prinder pobl sydd â’r sgiliau, y wybodaeth a’r profiad a ddymunir ym maes adeiladau hŷn.

Bydd y cyllid yn talu am holl gostau’r hyfforddiant a’r asesu ar gyfer cwmnïau sydd wedi’u cofrestru â’r CITB. Mae grant ar gyfer dod i’r cwrs a’i gwblhau hefyd ar gael i’r cyflogwr.

Bydd y gyfres gyntaf o hyfforddiant yn dechrau ym mis Mehefin 2018. Mae’r cwrs yn cynnwys cyfanswm o 20 diwrnod o hyfforddiant oddi ar safle adeiladu.  Bydd gan bob ymgeisydd 18 mis i gwblhau’r asesu a’r gwaith o gasglu tystiolaeth ar y safle.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Mair Stephens, yr Aelod dros gynllunio a threftadaeth adeiledig ar Fwrdd Gweithredol Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin: “Dyma gyfle gwych i gyflogwyr wella sgiliau eu gweithlu a rhoi hwb i’w potensial i sicrhau contractau sy’n ymwneud ag adeiladau hŷn.”

• I fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn ac i sicrhau un o’r nifer gyfyngedig o lefydd ar y rhaglen, cysylltwch â Chanolfan Tywi drwy e-bostio canofantywicentre@sirgar.gov.uk, drwy ffonio 01558 824271 neu fynd i www.canolfantywi.org.uk