BRITAIN GOVT TO CREATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOB IN COMING YEARS IN NEW HOUSEBUILDING AND APPRENTICESHIPS WITH THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF 230,000 NEW HOMES AND PRIVATE HOUSEBUILDING IN THE COUNTRY Tens of thousands of new housebuilding jobs and apprenticeships will be up for grabs for years to come under a deal struck today (5 November 2014) between ministers and the industry. Government-led efforts have got Britain building – in the last year alone planning permission has been granted on 230,000 new homes and private housebuilding starts are at their highest for 7 years. But leading housebuilders have made clear that a lack of skilled labour is one of the key problems facing their industry, and that they need a range of building skills as well as site managers, surveyors, planners and designers. Today, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis hosted a top-level summit with Skills Minister Nick Boles and the Home Builders Federation, and agreed a plan to ensure this continues and that more Brits are able to take up the opportunities available. Building future skills The 2008 housing crash devastated the industry, and led to the loss of a quarter of a million construction jobs. But the housing market has now turned a corner, with government investment returning builders to sites across the country and construction companies now recruiting at their fastest rate since 1997. Today’s plan will ensure young Brits leaving school or our Armed Forces benefit from this turn-around and see building as a viable and exciting career – but it will also help former builders to consider a return to the industry. Ministers and the housebuilding industry have agreed that: the housebuilding industry will recruit tens of thousands of new workers in the coming years – including thousands of apprentices, graduates and ex-military personnel - they will also increase the numbers of school-leavers joining the industry the government and housebuilding industry would work together to improve the image of housebuilding with young people – including by enabling industry representatives to work with schools to explain the range of opportunities available the industry will work more closely with the Military to help increase the numbers of former members of the Armed Forces to move into housebuilding – and to look at how more people who lost their jobs in the 2008 housing crash to rejoin the industry the government and housebuilding industry will work together to ensure apprenticeships and training standards meet the needs of the modern building industry – including taking into account new methods such as off-site construction Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said: Our efforts have got Britain building over the past 4 years, creating thousands of jobs across the country. I want to make sure we maintain this momentum, and ensure British workers – whether those leaving school, leaving our Armed Forces or considering a return to the industry – benefit from the new career opportunities available. Today’s deal with the housebuilders will create tens of thousands of jobs and apprenticeships on sites across the country, so we can nurture this home-grown talent for years to come. S
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:22:45 +0000
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