FLEXIBLE FUNDING KEY TO UP-SKILLING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WORKFORCE

摘要

Construction Skills has advised the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Select Committee that flexible funding regimes are essential to ensure appropriate skills provision to the industry's growing workforce. The recommendation formed part of the evidence given by Constrution Skills to the BERR Select Committee, as the group of MPs continue their ongoing review of the construction industry. Construction Skills also highlighted to the committee the central role of Government as the industry's largest construction client, with the employers through the supply chain. The key recommendations included: Government needs to provide flexible solutions for the funding of construction skills and training, particularly in the case of providing adult apprenticeship and specialist training provision. Investing in training and qualifying adult learners should form a key focus of the future channelling of funding, along with higher funding levels for specialist areas such as plant training which are costly to deliver.