LAND & WATER SECURES AGREED INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING TRAINING SCHEME

Leading wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has secured an agreed Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) training scheme and is now an ICE approved employer. This will allow the firm to provide greater professional development and learning opportunities for Land & Water’s training engineers as well as future recruits.

Land & Water plans to incorporate this training into its employee benefit policy as it focuses on wellbeing, staff retention and professional development within the engineering industry. As well as being pioneers in sustainability, the firm has used the past two years to ensure it is making a quantifiable effort toward diversifying its workforce and closing the skills gap. Here are some of the other ways Land & Water is pioneering investment in employee wellbeing as professional development:

• In 2022 Land & Water became accredited Investors in People.
• Across the business Land & Water offers Apprenticeship Schemes as well as supports staff whilst they complete professional qualifications alongside work.
• Every employee at Land & Water has access to a Wellbeing Intranet that is updated monthly with articles on mental health, neurodiversity, exercise, and money management.

The ICE training scheme sets out how Land & Water can help junior members of the workforce get the skills, knowledge and experience needed to complete the initial professional development stage and become professionally qualified. The scheme offers training toward widely recognised qualifications such as Chartered Manager (CMgr), and Chartered Engineer.

Lucy Lee, Contracts Manager at Land & Water, says “We are so happy to have agreed an ICE training scheme for Land & Water. The people within our business are what make us so unique and we are committed to investing in personal and professional development within our workforce.

“Going forward this will be something we offer to current employees as well as new members of staff to help us create a labour force that are equipped with years of experience as well as professional qualifications.” Research from the Institute of Engineering and Technology found that almost half of engineering businesses are finding it difficult to find the skills they need when recruiting. Land & Water recognises that as an industry leading firm that works on iconic projects using innovative and sustainable technology, it can help to solve this. Investing in official schemes provided by ICE will help the firm achieve this.