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dergraduates to come into their sectors. As a result,
the construction industry
By Alex Wiggan Editor
alex@romauk.net
“When you look at the age
profile demographics across the whole construction industry, there is a tendency towards older employees.”
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t has been announced that problems could arise in the construction indus- try due to an ageing workforce and a ‘limited injection of new blood’.
Mark Farrar, Chief Executive of CITB- ConstructionSkills,
the Sector Skills
Council and Industry Training Board for the construction industry, said: “When you look at the age profile demo-
graphics across the whole construction industry, there is a tendency towards older employees.
Indeed, a significant
number are coming up to retirement age in the next five to ten years. “Fewer people are coming through be-
hind them because of the recession in the early 1990s. During this difficult time, the industry lost many people who never returned. “Statistics indicate that in the next 10 years there will be around half a million fewer 16 - 24 year olds in the country as a whole, and this at a time when firms are starting to fight hard for young apprentices or un-
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does have a fight on its hands; it has to make sure that it accesses good quality people from a significantly smaller pooler of talent.” He added: “The sectors’ ageing work-
force will need replacing; therefore one of our main focuses is promoting the entry of new talent into the industry and driving young people to us for training.” CITB-ConstructionSkills has organised
a series of events which have successfully increased the take-up of apprentices by
47%.The events were run as part of the CITB-ConstructionSkills Positive Image campaign and led to 65 employers sign- ing up to get their hands on the UK’s best young talent. With over 200 employers now commit-
ted to offering apprenticeships in areas ranging from carpentry to craft masonry, CITB-ConstructionSkills calls on compa- nies to follow suit and invest in the skills today that will drive future growth. CITB-ConstructionSkills
ran a pro-
gramme of employer breakfast meetings, construction challenges, careers events and one-to-ones with its staff and staff from the National Construction College (NCC) as part of National Apprenticeship Week (NAW). The event brought em- ployers face-to-face with over 600 young people interested in the sector. Well over a quarter of the employers who
attended an event committed to take on apprenticeships.
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