IMATT

Eligibility And Options For The Industrial, Maritime, Aviation and Transport Technologies (IMATT) Training Scheme

Hampshire County Council Museums and Archives Service has been awarded £360,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to provide bursaries in heritage skills training. Aimed specifically at restoration and conservation practitioners in the industrial and transport heritage sector these bursaries will offer applicants the chance to enhance their skills and experience. The scheme is open equally to volunteers and paid staff.

A major survey carried out in late 2005 made clear the precarious state of traditional skills across the sector. The message was that something needed to be done now to stop these vital skills dying out completely. We are delighted that the Heritage Lottery Fund has made these opportunities possible. If you work in the transport and industrial heritage sector in a paid or volunteer role and think a Heritage Lottery Funded Training Bursary could help you, please read and consider the following notes before applying to:

The Training Manager, HLF Skills Training Bursary Scheme, Hampshire County Council Museums and Archives Service, Chilcomb House, Chilcomb Lane, Winchester, SO23 8RD.

Eligibility

• Conservator with some Industrial Collections experience, looking to add more practical skills to their portfolio and to developing new skills towards full PACR accreditation.
• Post Graduate looking to enter the Industrial Conservation sector and looking to gain some practical skills from a placement.
• Professional working in related skills looking for a career change.
• Museum Technician with Industrial Collections experience looking to add more practical skills to their portfolio and possibly working towards conservator status
• Industrial Heritage Site / Preserved railway / Transport museum employee looking to gain further experience in the operation and care of industrial / railway / transport working collections.
• Volunteer working within a railway/transport society or industrial heritage institution, looking to add further skills to their portfolio and undertake increased responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the collections in their care.
• 3rd or 4th year apprentice working within a museum, Industrial Heritage institution, transport society or a commercial heritage engineering company. This person would be looking for opportunities to broaden their understanding and practical skills base in addition to their formal training programme.

Options

12 - 24 Months

• Industrial/Transport Conservation Training programme based at one or more sites over the agreed period
• Industrial/Transport Restoration Training programme based at one or more sites over the agreed period
• Specialist Industrial Heritage skills programme based at one or more sites

3 - 12 months ( multiples of 3 months )

• Industrial/Transport Conservation Training programme based at one or more sites
• Industrial/Transport Restoration Training programme based at one or more sites
• Training in the operation and maintenance of working machinery

12 months ( sandwich programme spread over 4 years)

• Industrial/Transport Conservation Training based at one or more sites
• Industrial/Transport Restoration Training based at one or more sites
• Training in the operation and maintenance of working machinery

3 month short course

• Training in the operation, care and maintenance of working machinery/transport at one site

The Bursary Training Scheme
The Heritage Lottery Fund are supporting this scheme for a period of four years to create opportunities for heritage skills based training in a wide variety of disciplines within the preserved industrial, maritime, aviation and transport sector. There is a total of 16 three month training modules (or multiples to create 6 month and 1 year options ) available per year. The bursary is £14,500 per year pro rata. At this stage the scheme cannot offer apprentice based training as this was not the intention of the HLF when preparing its original brief for the scheme. However, if future demands dictate the need for apprentice based training it would be looked at seriously within the life of this scheme. Please indicate your aspirations to us if apprentice training is what you are looking for.

Training Centres
The scheme is based on a national network of training centres at established Heritage institutions that can offer specialist training. The range of skills being offered include practical, "on the bench", training and practical operational skills in the maintenance and operation of machinery/transport. Apart from the main areas of practical training in all the transport disciplines the scheme can offer specialist training in the maintenance and operation of industrial machinery including textile, printing and early machine tools.

Your Application
With such a diverse range of training requirements within this sector we need you to state your training needs and how you feel you would benefit from this training.

The organising body
Hampshire County Council Museums and Archives Service will be the administering and co-ordinating body for the scheme.

Types of skills training available during the four year term

• Basic care and maintenance of industrial objects
• Wooden vehicle body construction - the processes and the techniques
• Use of specialist tools - varied disciplines
• Restoration processes - general guidelines - specialised training
• Conservation processes and techniques - - general guidelines - specialised training
• Operational skills - general guidelines in working machinery and transport
• Specialised machining skills Specialist fitting
• Locomotive engineering - restoration - conservation - specialised fitting - machining processes - boiler repair and maintenance
• Printing machine maintenance and restoration
• Printing processes Line shaft driven machinery - maintenance and operation
• Automotive engineering - vintage and veteran - restoration - conservation - care and maintenance - operation
• Mining machinery - conservation, restoration, - care and maintenance
• Mining transport and systems - operational and maintenance
• Mining machinery - operational and maintenance
• Commercial vehicle restoration, conservation, restoration, care and maintenance
• Horse drawn vehicle conservation, restoration, care and maintenance
• Textile machinery - restoration, conservation - operation and maintenance
• Maritime vessels and machinery - conservation - restoration - care and maintenance - operational procedures
• Aircraft structure and machinery - conservation - restoration - care and maintenance
• Wind and watermills - structure and machinery - conservation - restoration - care and maintenance - operational techniques
• Steam road vehicles - conservation - restoration - mechanical fitting - boiler repair and maintenance - operational skills