The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published an update to its sector-wide Skills Plan for construction and the built environment.
One year on from the CLC’s first plan, the outlook for construction and the built
environment is more positive. A range of indicators and forecasts are pointing to
sustained growth in 2022/23 and in future years. But with growth comes greater skills
challenges, CITB’s Construction Skills Network forecasts are likely to show an annual
need to recruit more than 50,000 workers above current trends.
This year, the CLC is focusing its efforts around four strategic priorities with a spotlight on
creating the right culture change and broadening diversity:
- Improving access to opportunities for all
- Boosting all routes into industry
- Ongoing collaboration to develop competence frameworks
- Preparing for the future of construction
There are plans to build on the successful occupational traineeship pilot by expanding
into new priority occupations, supporting 200 learners through this route from further
education into the construction sector. Talent View Construction will also be
promoted more widely with a 20% increase in employer uptake.
Another priority is to improve competence and embed higher levels of safety and
quality in construction and the built environment by developing a set of competency
frameworks.
You can read the CLC’s aims in the full report here.
Mark Reynolds, group chairman and chief executive of Mace and Sponsor for the
People and Skills Network, said: “This year’s CLC plan includes improving awareness and take up of existing careers programmes, including supporting 3,000 employers to deliver Fairness, Inclusion and Respect sessions, securing 1,700 active Construction STEM Ambassadors and delivering 28,000 work experience taster sessions.
director Jackie Ducker said: “The past year has demonstrated that we can
achieve a lot more by working together across industry. Many of the actions that we
have committed to are the still the right ones to meet the skills challenges that
construction and the built environment faces. We are building on those actions now
and strengthening our outcomes.”
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