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life. Let’s strip this right back, make the message clear, present the opportunities fairly, show the career routes and back those who are training. We need greater collaboration. Whether it’s working more closely with the manufacturing sector to improve productivity or building a closer relationship between industry and education to promote construction careers to learners. The NI Executive should also commission work to assess, then address, high drop-out rates in built environment and further education courses. With this goal in mind, FMB NI has been working with the Department of Economy on a Careers Bulletin to inform people about the opportunities that a career in construction can offer. We encourage you to read the Bulletin and share it with others, visit: tinyurl.com/NI-Bulletin. 1,000 NEWWORKERS NEEDED EACH YEAR TO DELIVER THE EXPECTED WORK FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS 71% OF APPRENTICES ARE TRAINED BY LOCAL, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUILDING COMPANIES
FMB NORTHERN IRELAND DIRECTOR GAVIN MCGUIRE TALKS ABOUT FMB NI’S WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMY TO PROMOTE APPRENTICES AND CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION… Promoting construction careers inNorthern Ireland
A s I have worked within the I am aware that attracting new talent to work within the construction sector has always been a real challenge. If we want a community that has good housing, great local amenities and infrastructure we need to take pride in the people who will design and build these. But how do we attract the next generation of skilled and passionate construction professionals? CITB NI forecast that the construction construction industry for over 30 years and talk to builders daily, industry in Northern Ireland would have to increase current recruitment by 1,000 new workers each year to deliver the expected work for the next five years. We know local, small and medium-sized building companies train 71% of apprentices, which means they do more than their fair share to support the next generation of skilled tradespeople. We all have a role to play to encourage young people to look at construction with fresh eyes and see the diverse, exciting, innovative and potentially well-paid
employment opportunities available. The FMB is helping to play its part in promoting the industry. How do we promote the construction industry in Northern Ireland? The number one selling toy across the world for children involves construction: Lego – adored by millions of children – uses their imagination to design and build. However, by the end of their education, children often become disconnected from the construction industry. We want to encourage a society that values vocational and skills-based education. For too long we have placed too high a value on academic and university education after which many are left in debt and often without a career in an area they studied in. In many cases, we are educating for unemployment. We should be training and educating for the opportunities that are already there. We need to help people to recognise the possibilities in undertaking construction apprenticeships; take pride in an education that helps them earn while they learn and give them a career for
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