Skills and Training

Housing Skills: approaches to the current challenges

Published: 1 January 2004 | Author: The Housing Forum

Construction companies are operating in an increasingly competitive environment for skilled labour. New working relationships require new skills, partnering, better communication, openness and trust.
How to arrange a site visit: A practical guide for house builders and schools

Published: 1 January 2004 | Author: The Housing Forum, Home Builders Federation, NHBC and CITB-ConstructionSkills

This brochure has been produced with input from house building professionals and teachers, for use by both builders and schools.
How to Arrange an Apprenticeship in House Building

Published: 22 June 2005 | Author: The Housing Forum, HBF, NHBC and CITB-ConstructionSkills

A guide for use by house builders, schools, colleges, advisors, young people and their parents/guardians. It aims to provide information and a framework for engaging an apprentice to work in the house building industry and the wider construction industry. The guide contains checklists and evaluation sheets that can be photocopied.
Recruitment, Retention and Respect for People: 20 ideas for delivering the 3R's

Published: 1 March 2002 | Author: The Housing Forum

The focus of the Housing Forum Recruitment, Retention and Respect Working Group was to produce a guide which would be realistic, practical and engaging in order to stimulate culture change and improve the reputation of the industry.
Building Awareness

Published: 1 March 2004 | Author: Constructing Excellence

The work force available to the construction industry is shrinking and the demand for skills required for profitable construction increasing. The resulting shortage of properly skilled people threatens the shareholder value of large construction companies and the viability of smaller businesses.