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Construction Skills Development:
Formal versus Informal System?
Dr. Paul Chan & Robert Moehler School of the Built EnvironmentNorthumbria UniversityContact: +44 (0) 191 227 [email protected]
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
Personal Profile
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?
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?
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?
What we wanted to find out?
LSC
JobcentrePlus
Construction Skills (CITB)
CSCS
NECC
Business Link
CIC
CBINewcastle
College
Northumbria University
SummitSkills
CECA
NSCC
Connexions One Northeast NFDC
FSB
Persuasion PR
NBFHer Majesty’s
Revenue & Customs
Federation of Master Builders
Home Office TUC Skills North East
UCATT
CoVE
Her Majesty’s Treasury
ACAS Many More ...
Formal
Informal
LSC
JobcentrePlus
Construction Skills (CITB)
CSCS
NECC
Business Link
CIC
CBINewcastle College
Northumbria
University
SummitSkills
CECA
NSCC
Connexions
One Northea
st NFDC
FSB
Persuasion PR
NBF
Her Majesty’
s Revenue
& Customs
Federation of
Master Builders
Home Office
TUCSkills North East
UCATT
CoVE
Her Majesty’
s Treasury
ACAS Many More ...
Local University
Local College
Sector Skills Council
(ConstructionSkills)
Business Link North
Tyneside
SMELSC
Her Majesty’s Treasury
An Example
Formal processes Informal processes
Public Policy External forces
Organisation
Education system (school, FE, HE)
Mentoring +
CPD
Leitch Review on skills
Global competition
Company
14-19 Diploma +
Initiatives for young people
Workplace learning (on-the-
job)
Various reviews (e.g. Leitch, Fox)
and New Standards
Competition (with other
training providers; within UK and beyond)
Colleges
Short-term training courses (e.g. IT course)
Learning on-the-job
Government policy on targeting
worklessness (New Deals)
Migrant worker employment
Workless Individual
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?
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