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Construction Skills Development: Formal versus Informal System?

Construction Skills Development: Formal versus Informal System?. Dr. Paul Chan & Robert Moehler School of the Built Environment Northumbria University Contact: +44 (0) 191 227 4301 Robert.Moehler@unn.ac.uk. Personal Profile. Researcher – Regional skills development capacity analysis

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Construction Skills Development: Formal versus Informal System?

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  1. Construction Skills Development: Formal versus Informal System? Dr. Paul Chan & Robert Moehler School of the Built Environment Northumbria University Contact: +44 (0) 191 227 4301 Robert.Moehler@unn.ac.uk

  2. Personal Profile • Researcher – Regional skills development capacity analysis • Previously: • Project Engineer & Human Resources (PepsiCo International) & Civil Engineer (Federal Institute of Material Research and Testing) • Major interests: How we develop skills at the workplace, and how we design skills systems

  3. What we wanted to find out? • Who develops skills for whom? • How do we develop skills? • What skills matter? • Who is involved in skills development? • On what basis are decisions made regarding skills development?

  4. Aims and Objectives • Who develops skills for whom? • How do we develop skills? • What skills matter? • Who is involved in skills development? • On what basis are decisions made regarding skills development?

  5. What we wanted to find out? • Who develops skills for whom? • How do we develop skills? • What skills matter? • Who is involved in skills development? • On what basis are decisions made regarding skills development?

  6. CIC JobcentrePlus UCATT Federation of Master Builders ACAS CECA Many More ... CSCS Newcastle College NSCC CBI SummitSkills Business Link CoVE Connexions One Northeast NFDC FSB Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs NBF NECC Persuasion PR TUC Skills North East Home Office Her Majesty’s Treasury Construction Skills (CITB) Northumbria University LSC

  7. UCATT CIC JobcentrePlus Federation of Master Builders Formal ACAS CECA Many More ... CSCS NSCC CBI SummitSkills Newcastle College Business Link CoVE The fine line of legitimisation Connexions One Northeast NFDC Informal FSB Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs NBF NECC Persuasion PR TUC Skills North East Home Office Her Majesty’s Treasury Construction Skills (CITB) Northumbria University LSC

  8. An Example Sector Skills Council (ConstructionSkills) Business Link North Tyneside SME LSC Local University Local College Her Majesty’s Treasury

  9. Formal processes Informal processes Organisation Public Policy External forces

  10. Mentoring + CPD Education system (school, FE, HE) Company Global competition Leitch Review on skills

  11. Workplace learning (on-the-job) 14-19 Diploma + Initiatives for young people Colleges Competition (with other training providers; within UK and beyond) Various reviews (e.g. Leitch, Fox) and New Standards

  12. Learning on-the-job Short-term training courses (e.g. IT course) Workless Individual Migrant worker employment Government policy on targeting worklessness (New Deals)

  13. Who develops skills for whom? How do we develop skills? What skills matter? Who is involved in skills development? On what basis are decisions made regarding skills development? Back to the Start…

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