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Construction
Future Skills
Projects
• Homes as Power Stations
• Trust Mark
• Street Lighting
• FLOW
• DARE
• NET Zero Transition
• Freeport
• Enterprise parks
• GCRE
• EV Charge installation
• Metro
Many of the large infrastructure projects planned
for the county will no doubt utilise larger
national construction companies that will bring
the majority of their own workforce. However,
the larger contractors will still require local
supply chains for these projects and ongoing
future maintenance will require a healthy local
competent & knowledgeable construction base.
Future Skills Mapping
• Engineers
• Electricians
• Skilled Trades (upskilled)
• Trust Mark Assessors
• Digital literacy, basic to advanced
• Sustainable Materials
• Sustainability / Circular economics
• Planning / Civil Engineering
• Problem solving
• Supply chain management
• 3D printing
• Renewable Energy systems
• Project Management
• Groundworkers / Plant
• Commercial Tiling
✓ Upskill the current workforce
✓ Promote the opportunities within communities and throughout the educational system.
✓ Help local businesses become part of the supply chain for major projects via procurement assistance
✓ Close the gender imbalance
✓ Promote Green Building policy
Upskilling the current construction workforce for
energy efficient buildings and new sustainable
heating technology is a vital first step. Trust Mark
requires PAS accredited assessors to ensure
retrofit systems are implemented correctly for
instance.
With 98% of construction businesses in the
county being small and micro, releasing staff
for upskilling is a challenge, however if this is
not done, they will potentially be left behind
or create a bottle neck in the educational
system plus loose opportunity to be part of
the supply chain for larger planned projects.
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