Housing minister Brandon Lewis has begun a construction industry skills review to assess what the sector needs to build more homes.
The consultation is seeking views from industry professionals across the construction, infrastructure, property, business, technology and education sectors.
The review will be chaired by Mark Farmer, founding director of Cast Consulting, to create recommendations around how to best train a workforce with a high level of self-employment and bring about greater use of offsite construction.
The 2008 financial crash led to the loss of 250,000 construction jobs. However, research from the Homes Builder Federation showed that over 100,000 new construction jobs were created in England alone last year, as the housebuilding revival increased demand for skilled workers.
Skills minister Nick Boles said: “We are investing in measures to cut red tape and increase the number of young people doing apprenticeships and traineeships to ensure we have a pipeline of skilled workers.”
The consultation ends on 29 February 2016.
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