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The Construction Industry is Looking for New Recruits
Bridging the Gap in the Construction Industry
by Tal Potishman
With green blankets covering the buildings and cranes slicing through skylines serving as a constant reminder of Britain’s building boom, it can be difficult to imagine that the commercial building industry is affected by the economic crisis. The fact that the industry is not cutting back – while other industries are – seems to indicate the explosion of new construction works have not come to an end. The problem, it seems, is a lack of workers to fill the demands of construction companies.
The dearth of skilled construction workers becomes most apparent when looking at last year’s figures. 13,000 building projects were initiated in 2007 alone, and in order to support these projects, some 18,600 labourers were needed. The deficiency in skills is therefore widespread, expanding from the trade to the non-trade. Within trades, the highest annual requirements come from the wood and the electrical trades, but demands are also high for brick-layers and construction specialists. In the non-trades, construction managers, business processing managers, architects, office-based IT recruits, and technical and professional staff are among those on high demand.
This worrying dearth is primarily due to three reasons: 1) As a result of the building boom; 2) the dwindling numbers of East Europeans in the trade; 3) the misperceptions of recruiters about what construction work involves.
The first reason, which has already been discussed above, is quite self-explanatory – the more construction projects are launched, the more recruits are needed to do the jobs.
As many of the highly-skilled workers in the British trade were often of Polish origin, the impact of the construction boom in Poland is keeping a lot of Poles at home, which is a massive loss for British construction companies.
The third reason that the UK is experiencing a worker shortage is due to recruiters’ misconceptions of what construction work actually entails. Many job hunters perceive builders as hard-hats limited to a construction site, while in reality, a lot of Construction Jobs are often managerial or office-based.
Numerous steps have been taken to compensate for the lack of recruits in the trade. One approach adopted by companies is to break the predominantly white and male-dominated construction trend by trying to recruit women and individuals from various ethnic groups as well. The National Association of Women in Construction is an example of a company that widens the recruiting net, in order to target groups with a larger range of skills and work ethics. This also creates a more diverse work place, and allows for fresh ideas to be introduced into the industry.
Programs such as Inspire Scholarships and the Sustainable Employment Legacy Forum try to increase the number of graduates entering the industry by providing student funds, training courses, and apprenticeships for people in the poorest boroughs of London. They also organise initiatives for children to visit construction sites to generate early interest in the industry.
An alternative way to gather recruits is to change the way in which the industry is viewed. By making the public aware of the fact that construction work is not just about hard hats and light-reflecting mesh jackets, more people might consider construction as a career.
About the Author
Tal Potishman, editor of Heating Central, writes articles about central heating, boilers, London boiler, underfloor heating and solar thermal. He specializes in helping save money by advising on efficient heating.
Anyone else attracted to blue collar workers?
I don’t have any blue collar workers in my family or friends, but I think I’m really attracted to them when I see them on the job: mechanics, construction workmen, repair people, roofers- you name it. I wonder why this is?
Probably because spoiled pampered people tend to be kind of cookie-cutter and boring. They all dress and act pretty much the same.
You’re used to it and probably tired of it.
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