Presentation at the SPRA Conference 2018 held at Eastwood Hall, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire on the 20th June 2018. More information: https://spra.co.uk/events/spra-conference-awards-2018/

1. SPRA 2018 UPDATE
working for our members, EDUCATING, INFLUENCING and SUPPORTING the single ply industry

2. OUR SERVICES – YOUR KEY BENEFITS
REPRESENTATION
BUILD UK, CPA, CITB, CSCS, RIBA /
NBS, BSI,
SPRA WEBSITE & EVENTS
– EDUCATING, INFLUENCING,
SUPPORTING
TRAINING
CREATING & DELIVERING SPECIALIST
TRAINING & FUNDING SUPPORT
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE,
STANDARDS & GUIDANCE

3. SPRA TECHNICAL SERVICES
• Authority - Guides and Standards
• Enquiry - industry and private
• Investigation - of complaints
• Presentation - RIBA-accredited seminars
• Supporting statements - for contractor members
• Influence - British and European Standards; industry priorities

4. SPRA TECHNICAL SERVICES - NEW PUBLICATIONS

5. SPRA TECHNICAL SERVICES - CURRENT PROGRAMME
• Wind loading
o Protocol for calculation
o Round-robin calculation exercise
• Fire
o Testing
o Statement
• Rainwater outlets - new Component Quality Standard

6. SPRA TECHNICAL SERVICES - FUTURE PRIORITIES
We have the resources
Now we have to get the message out there
We have a strong, well-supported
Technical Committee

7. SPRA TRAINING
Quality recognized! - Only SPRA can deliver the specialist
NVQ2 Single Ply Specialist Applied-Skills Programme (SAP)
• BCP – 535 trained. Well on the way to
achieving target of 1000 BCP trainees by
April 2019. Video
• SAP – Won the CITB commission to deliver
SAP training until 2020. Not available
through any other training provider.
• OSAT – Extra CITB funding and 40
registered
• UPSKILLING - SPRA Training Manager
qualified to L3 Education & Training, and
soon to be approved Assessor
• ASSESSORS - Two Assessors working for
SPRA, two will complete training in 2018;
doubling our capacity
• MANAGERS COURSE – Draft complete
• ONLINE COURSE – Ready & waiting!

8. SPRA TRAINING
Uniquely placed to ensure quality training and assessment,
products and services
• Investing in training
• Training Manager to develop, deliver and promote, training and assessing initiatives
• Increasing career path options:
• SPRA Managers Course
• Bespoke Courses for upskilling and CPD
• Working with partners & membership:
• Making sense of new initiatives and responding to changes in the training and skills landscape
• Converting courses to fit with new funding structures
• BCP Workshop
• Roofing Sector Association
• Roofing Assessment Centre

9. SPRA WORKING WITH INDUSTRY
SPRA – A small trade association with a big voice!
Collaborating, influencing and informing:
• SPRA Awards
• Industry Response Group – Grenfell, Carillion
• Build UK – Prequalification, Retention, Image
• CPA – TiO2 classifcation, Reports, Networking events, BIM
• CITB/CSCS/H&S
• Collaboration with our partner roofing trade associations
• CPD for NBS (RIBA)
• National BIM Library

10. SPRA DIGITAL AND SOCIAL
Working hard to educate, influence and support the
single ply industry
• Website:
• Members area & Member pages
• Guidance & Standards
• Training Module, SPRA courses, qualifications & funding info
• Publications and Social Media: #SpecifySPRA #ChooseSPRA
• Twitter, Instagram, Linked In
• SPRA Weekly News
• Adverts, editorials and press releases
• Networking:
• SPRA Conference & Golf Day
• Workshops and meetings

11. SPRA WHAT NEXT?
Your trade association – Your aims and objectives
• Membership
• Revised Members’ Packs out to all Members in July
• Technical
• Slide 6…Jim has summarized this nicely!
• Training:
• Delivering commissioned SAPs – Recruiting now
• Delivering Managers’ Training Course
• Developing other CPD training
• Accessing and distributing funding
• Collaborting with partners
• Promotion and Awareness Raising
• Targeted promotion of latest Design Guide to specifiers &
clients (500 flashdrives)
• 5th SPRA Conference & Awards - investigating
Heythrop Park, Cotswolds

12. AND FINALLY…
In the immortal words of Bryan Adams:
“…Everything we do, we do it for you!”