Different Jobs in the Construction Industry

Different Jobs In The Construction Industry The construction industry deals with the creation of man-made homes and buildings, and covers every stage of the construction process. This PUUU growing industry offers a number of career paths for people. MAIN OCCUPATIONS People that want to start a career in the construction industry can choose to follow a plethora of different career paths • WOODWORKING joinery, shop fitting, machinists BUILDING bricklaying, general labouring INTERIOR DESIGN AND BUILDING DDoO painting, decorating, plastering, electrical SPECIALIST ROLES thatching, roofing, scaffolding, engineering PLANT ROLES mechanics, plant operation TRAINING In order to pursue a career in the construction industry, you will need to have some formal training The majority of people enter the industry through an apprenticeship scheme An apprenticeship usually last around 2 years CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FACTS The global construction industry output is currently worth around US$8.5 trillion and is expected to increase to around US$12 trillion by 2025. The construction industry contributes For every £1 spent in the construction £90 billion industry, 90% of that money stays in the UK towards the UK's economy The sustainable £3.15 billion is spent on tangible assets (i.e. equipment and machinery) building industry is expected to grow by nearly 23% per £22 million is annum spent by construction companies on research and development EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS The construction industry contributes around 6.7% of the United Kingdom's economy as a whole. 2.9 million people are One-fifth of all construction 53% of all contracting sector employed in the British construction industry jobs cannot be filled due to a skills shortage jobs are unfilled because of a shortage of skilled workers 37% of all workers in the of all workers run their own construction 35% 2 million people work construction industry are self-employed in the contracting sector companies 580,000 people work in 310,000 people work in the services sector the manufacturing sector BROUGHT TO YOU BY WWW.LIFTERZ.CO.UK https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/LMI/Pages/cscraft.aspx Lifterz https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/22933 9/construction-sector-infographic.pdf WORK PLATFORMS https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/21006 experience the ddifference! 0/bis-13-958-uk-construction-an-economic-analysis-of-sector.pdf SOURCE