skills for the future 21.11.13

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Skills for the Future21.11.13

Presentation by Judy Lowe, Deputy Chairman, CITB

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Geoff French, President, ICE

“Taking the skills of today, with

a vision of the future, to build

the industry of tomorrow”

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- Practical- Evolutionary

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Practical

• Building Information Modelling

• Infrastructure

• Nuclear

• Tunnelling

• Offsite manufacture

• Sustainability

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Responding through

• Changing the face of apprenticeships• Trailblazers

• University Technical Colleges

• The National Construction College

• National Skills Academies

• Retraining the workforce

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Evolutionary

“The future of industry will be

less about bricks and mortar and more

about problem-solving”

Professor Robert Mair CBE, FREng, FRS

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Need for a skills pipeline is about 3 numbers

• 390,000

• Over 500,000

• 165,000

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To achieve the skills pipeline

• Start younger

• Raise literacy and numeracy

standards

• Provide ‘Gold Standard’ careers information, advice and guidance

• Fairness, inclusion and respect

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Going forward…