Jeremy Rockliff,Minister for Education and Training
The Tasmanian Liberal Government has a clear plan to secure Tasmania’s future, including backing jobs in the state’s building and construction industry through a new industry workforce action plan released today.
Skills Tasmania and Keystone Tasmania (formerly the Tasmanian Building and Construction Industry Training Board) in consultation with industry have laid out the Building and Construction Workforce Action Plan focussed on five key areas:
– Attracting new people to the sector;
– Mentoring for success and retention;
– Growing and sustaining diversity;
– Sector-based strategic planning.
Importantly, a number of the specific initiatives listed in the plan are already in development or underway.
The Construction Leadership Council has launched a skills plan for the construction industry, including a call to let employers pool apprenticeship levy
3 March, 2021 SHARE Organisations from the industry comment on the Chancellor of the Exchequer s Budget Statement 2021 to the House of Commons.
Builders Merchants Federation
John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation, said: “The Chancellor largely struck the right notes in announcing continued support for business as we move through the final stages of the coronavirus roadmap and plan for recovery.
“We were particularly pleased that the Chancellor sought to support smaller businesses by recognising the need for continued furlough support and business rates discounts, which will help our SME members as they return to pre-covid levels of operation. Similar extensions to self-employment grants will help small builders and other trades who form the main merchant customer base and ensure they are still in business to service the needs of homeowners helped by the new government-backed mortgage gu
Construction report highlights skills gap in the sector 2 March, 2021 SHARE The report reveals 750,000 construction workers due to retire within the next 15 years and only 20% of workers under the age of 30.
A new report warning that skills gaps in the construction industry threaten the UK s 2050 net zero target highlights the importance of training and embracing new methods of construction, says insulation specialist Actis.
It was responding to a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research which calls for leadership from the Government and collective action from industry to upskill and retain the existing workforce and encourage recruitment. Skills for a Green Recovery - A call to action for the UK construction sector points to a skills drain, with 750,000 construction workers due to retire within the next 15 years and only 20% of workers under the age of 30.