Construction, building services engineering and planning: sector skills assessment 2012

This is the sector skills assessment for construction, building services engineering and planning (CBSE and P). The aim of the report is to provide authoritative labour market intelligence (LMI) for the sector in order to inform the development of skills policy across the UK. CBSE and P encompasses all business activities related to the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the built environment. It represents a wide variety of business types and occupations, from construction contracting firms to professional consultancies, and their workforces of skilled trades through to building professionals. The sector covers both private and public organisations, and a wide range of business from sole traders and micro businesses, through to small and medium-sized enterprises, and up to large national and international conglomerates. In spite of the recession, the CBSE and P sector remains a key component of the UK economy in terms of economic contribution, employment, wider job creation and wealth generation. This is despite a relatively low incidence of higher level qualifications across the workforce, the impact of skills deficiencies and productivity levels that lag behind other areas of the economy. SSAs combine top-down data from official sources with bottom-up sectoral intelligence to provide an understanding of the skills priorities within sectors across the four UK nations.

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