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26/09/2003
New skills council for construction industry
Charles Clarke, the Secretary for State for Education, has given the green light to the new sector skills council for the construction industry.
Known as ConstructionSkills, the new SSC will comprise CITBGB in partnership with CITBNI (Northern Ireland) and CIC (Construction Industry Council).
ConstructionSkills will focus on four key priorities: reducing skills gaps and shortages; improving productivity and business performance; increasing opportunities to boost the skills and productivity of everyone in the sector's workforce; and improving learning supply, including apprenticeships, further and higher education and national occupational standards.
As part of its commitment to increasing the student numbers for construction degrees ConstructionSkills has pledged £250,000 in graduate sponsorship for 2003/04, as a pilot project. The organisation will also be campaigning for increased benefits to help people through the work-based phase of construction training.
Charles Clarke said: "The importance of skills cannot be overestimated. There is a huge economic and social case for improving the country's skill base. As the construction industry is one of this country's largest employers it is pivotal to the overall success of the economy."
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Known as ConstructionSkills, the new SSC will comprise CITBGB in partnership with CITBNI (Northern Ireland) and CIC (Construction Industry Council).
ConstructionSkills will focus on four key priorities: reducing skills gaps and shortages; improving productivity and business performance; increasing opportunities to boost the skills and productivity of everyone in the sector's workforce; and improving learning supply, including apprenticeships, further and higher education and national occupational standards.
As part of its commitment to increasing the student numbers for construction degrees ConstructionSkills has pledged £250,000 in graduate sponsorship for 2003/04, as a pilot project. The organisation will also be campaigning for increased benefits to help people through the work-based phase of construction training.
Charles Clarke said: "The importance of skills cannot be overestimated. There is a huge economic and social case for improving the country's skill base. As the construction industry is one of this country's largest employers it is pivotal to the overall success of the economy."
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