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Construction Craft Training

Event Date

Jul 31, 2007

Type

Conference Presentation - Implementation

Research Team

RT-231

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Topic

Construction Industry Craft Training

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Abstract

Supply of a younger and capable craft person has continued to vanish as the older generation retires. In order to combat this industry leaders have to work together in order to promote growth with a depleting workforce. The main objective of the RT-231 team was to quantify the business case for craft training. They found that, although present, more training is needed. With the lack of clear and well-defined metrics being the justification by organizations preventing them from investing in training programs. The research team also found that some companies that do conduct training are not measuring its potential effectively. Other conclusions of the health of craft training efforts in the United States and Canada are: Significant benefits to craft training can be achieved through a sufficient sole project effort. Offering meaningful training can help attract and retain craft workers to one’s company and to the industry. Craft training is where safety was years ago. Most companies do not measure the effectiveness of craft training but it can be done. Owners are paying for training on union projects but rarely pay for traning on open shop projects. The benefits to traning do not occur at once.

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Knowledge Area

Human Resource Management, Professional Development

Project Phase

Construction

Project Function

Project Business Sponsor, Procurement & Contracts, Construction, Health, Safety & Environmental, Risk Management, Quality Management

Industry Group

Light Industrial, Heavy Industrial, Buildings, Infrastructure

Research Topic

Construction Industry Craft Training

Keywords

Craft, Training, Work Force, Apprenticeship, Core Competencies, Benefit-Cost Ratio Analysis, Bench Strength, Productivity, Skills, Performance, Knowledge, rt231

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