Forgot your password?
Links and sources
- CIC/CITB (2004) Built Environment Professional Skills Survey 2003/2004 - Survey Results, CIC and CITB-ConstructionSkills.
- Construction Products Association (2004) Construction Industry Trade Surveys, London: Construction Products Association/Construction Confederation/CITB-ConstructionSkills.
- Dickerson, A., Homenidou, K. and Wilson, R. (2006) Working Futures 2004-2014: Sectoral Report, Nottingham: SSDA/DfES.
- DTI (2005) Construction Statistics Annual 2005 (URN 05/285), London: The Stationery Office.
- ERNI (2005) A Study of the Northern Ireland Labour Market for Construction Skills, Belfast: Department of Education and Learning.
- Futureskills Scotland (2005) Construction Scottish Sector Profile, CITB-Constructionskills/Highlands & Islands Enterprise/Scottish Enterprise.
- Green, A., Homenidou, K., White, R. and Wilson, R. (2006) Working Futures 2004-2014: Spatial Report, Nottingham: SSDA/DfES.
- IFF Research Ltd. with University of Warwick (2005) Workforce Mobility and Skills in the UK Construction Sector, London: CITB-ConstructionSkills.
- IFF Research Ltd. (2005) Employer Attitudes and Motivations to Learning and Training, London: IFF Research Ltd.
- IFF Research Ltd. (2003a) The Effect of Employment Status on Investment in Training, CITB-ConstructionSkills/DfES.
- IFF Research Ltd. (2003b) ConstructionSkills Scotland Results from the Scottish Construction Skills Survey 2003, London: CITB-ConstructionSkills.
- Spilsbury Research (2004) National Employers Skills Survey 2003: ConstructionSkills, London: CITB-ConstructionSkills.
- Taylor Associates (2005) Analysis of Movements into and out of Construction Industry Employment using the British Household Panel Survey Waves 1 to 13, London: Taylor Associates.
CITB-ConstructionSkills publications
- Construction Skills Foresight Report 2003 (2003)
- Diversity in Construction (2004) (compiled using the Labour Force Survey)
- Skill Needs Survey (2003)
- Innovation, Skills and Productivity (2005) (unpublished, provided by CITB-ConstructionSkills)
- IT User Cross Sector Board – The Business Case for IT. Results of the Consultation with Employers (2005)
- Sector Skills Agreement for Construction – England (2005)
- Sector Skills Agreement for Construction – Scotland 2005-2010 (2005)
- Sector Skills Agreement for Construction – Wales (2005)
- Skills Needs Analysis for the Construction Industry (2004) (unpublished, provided by CITB-ConstructionSkills)
- Trainee Numbers Survey 2004/2005 (unpublished, provided by CITB-ConstructionSkills). For earlier survey data (2002/2003) go to the ConstructionSkills website.
Useful websites
bconstructive
Website containing information and help for those getting into the construction industry including careers information, experiences of being on-site and qualification routes.
Careers in Construction
A useful website including job profiles, information on training and careers in construction together with vacancies.
Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE)
The CEBE website is aimed at the UK Higher Education Built Environment community focusing on improving educational quality to encourage the development of education and training in the sector.
CITB-ConstructionSkills
The CITB-ConstuctionSkills website has information on all aspects of the construction industry including careers, health and safety, the National Construction College, equal opportunities, research, training and qualification routes. There is also a specific area designed for careers advisers - CITB-ConstructionSkills Careers.
Constructing Excellence
A DTI funded website on the construction industry including information on the sub-sectors of the industry, promoting excellence and current information on the sector.
Federation of Master Builders
The website for the UK building trade association.
Prospects – the UK graduate careers website
The section of the Prospects website entitled 'construction' details the past, present and future issues of the sector, lists key roles and occupations as well as case studies and further contacts for the sector.
Careersbox is a national careers film library which is free to access. Click here to see films of real people doing real jobs in construction.
ACareerChange
The ACareerChange website aims to help those who feel stuck in a career or have an ambition to work in an alternative field. The website includes a section entitled Manual and Skilled with an article on Changing Career: working in Construction and Engineering, which provides topics for consideration when thinking about moving into the sector.
Last cached: 2008-05-07 01:10 PM