Skills for Growth Mark Farrar, Chief Executive, CITB-ConstructionSkills October 2012

What we do Labour market & other research Occupational standards Advice to companies National Construction College Assessment & testing Careers advice/apprentice recruitment Industry funded grant scheme

Who we work with - you Who we work with Construction industry structure 2011 Private housing Infrastructure Public Non-Housing Public housing Industrial Non-Housing R&M Housing R&M Commercial

Job losses 45,000 jobs go this year Public sector falls off a cliff  -25% public housing  -24% public non-housing A “lost generation” for construction?  year olds down 52% on 2008

Reductions in Apprenticeships

So why construction for growth? £2.84 return for every £1 Higher job return −40% more than manufacturing −75% more than financial services Local jobs 90p spent locally per £1 wages

4,500 2,100 2,600 3,500 5,700 4,300 7,200 3,700 5,000 1,200 1,800 4,500 Size matters Number of new recruits required annually

Investing in jobs – £1bn gives Industrial c. 11,000 Infrastructure c. 15,000 Public Housing c.18,000 Housing R&M c. 32,000

Eight sites £1.5bn per year output 17,000 FTE peak (2018) £100 million training NESA – skills alliance New Nuclear Build

Up to £3bn Avoiding the Aussie experience Cut the Carbon and Green Deal Skills Alliance New - potential of Green Deal

People – not just software Training needed – supply chains Industry/Government leadership needed Building Information Modelling

LEP engagement Public procurement Our ‘client-based’ approach University Technical Colleges Supporting local growth and jobs today

So, The industry can create significant growth & jobs Opportunity to embed new approaches into the national skills system Government & Industry working together can give more young people a chance