ConstructionSkills

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ConstructionSkills Development of Sector Skills
Agreement in Wales Mike Bialyj Welsh
Manager CITB-ConstructionSkills
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What is ConstructionSkills?

• Partnership between CITB-ConstructionSkills, the
  Construction Industry Council (CIC) and CITB
  Northern Ireland
• ConstructionSkills covers the whole industry from
  craft through to the professional occupations

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ConstructionSkills Footprint

• ConstructionSkills footprint covers construction
  occupations in the construction contracting
  sector and in architectural and engineering
  consultancy
• ConstructionSkills covers just over half of the
  total workforce for the built environment

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UK Facts Figures

• 175,000 construction firms in the UK
• Employs 2.1 million people (1 in 14 of total
  workforce)
• 95 of which employ fewer than 10 people
• 23,500 professional practices
• Contributes more than 8 to UK GDP
• Construction output stands at 77 billion

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Wales Facts Figures

• Construction output was 3.6 billion
• Circa 10,000 companies
• Just under 100,000 people employed
• 89 of construction firms with fewer than 10
  employees
• Construction output grew in 2003 by 23

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UK Structure
ConstructionSkills Council
Management Committee
Chief ExecutiveConstruction Industry Council
Chief ExecutiveCITB-ConstructionSkills
Chief ExecutiveCITB NI
Director of Lifelong Learning
Director of Training Strategy
Head of Training Head of Strategic Planning
Comms
Operations Manager
Business Development Director
Head of Standards Assessments
Policy Development Manager
Director of Finance Support
ConstructionSkills Manager
Director of Comms Marketing
Area Manager, England
Welsh Manager
Director of Training Operations
Scottish Manager
General Manager, NCC
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Wales Structure
Welsh Manager Mike Bialyj
Welsh Managers PA
New Entrant Training ManagerRob Davies
Advisory Manager (Acting)Darryl Williams
External Funding Adviser/Area Finance Officer
Welsh Strategic AdviserWyn Prichard
Education ManagerGareth Williams
Assistant New Entrant Manager
Finance Clerk
Education Careers Advisers x 3
Advisory Co-ordinator
PCO
Modern Apprenticeship Officers x 18
Education Unit Support
Advisory Support x 2
Project Co-ordinator
Training Advisers x 7
New Entrant Training Co-ordinator
New Entrant Training (NET) Support x 7
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Roles Responsibilities

• ConstructionSkills aims in Wales

• Ensure the training and learning infrastructures
  reflect the needs of the industry in terms of
  quantity, quality and location of training
• Ensure match between learning and funding
  mechanisms
• Demand for training fuels supply

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SSA Process in Wales
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Three Key Challenges

• Recruiting New Entrants
• Improving Business Performance
• Qualifying Existing Workforce

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Recruiting New Entrants

• Circa ½ million by 2010
• Promoting diversity
• Increase apprenticeship completions
• Improving intelligence

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Wales Skills Needs Assessment 2004
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Wales Skills Needs Assessment 2004
Percentage of construction companies by size
Great Britain 2003
Percentage of construction companies by size
Wales 2003
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Wales Skills Needs Assessment 2004
New Work Orders for Wales 1997-2003
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Wales Skills Needs Assessment 2004
Total Construction Output and Employment, Wales
1996-2008
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Wales Skills Needs Assessment 2004
Total employment and annual requirement by
occupation 2004-2008
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Skills Needs Assessment

• Final amendments being made
• No surprises in the data
• Aim is ready end December

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Improving Business Performance

• Increase number of companies investing in
  training
• Supply chain management
• Improving intelligence

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Qualifying Existing Workforce

• gt 250,000 to Level 2 by 2010
• Developing flexible training

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Challenges

• Identification of total delivery
• Unfocussed opportunistic training
• Mobility of labour

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Progress On National SSA

• Paper to ConstructionSkills Council
• Paper to AACs November
• Statements of Intent agreed in principle
• Action plans to be developed

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Progress On Welsh SSA

• In-depth discussions with the Team Wales
• On schedule to complete March 2005 if not before

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Issues for Stakeholders

• Recognition of the role of SSCs
• Importance of the employers voice
• Joined up thinking