Sector Skills Agreement
The Construction SSA comprises a series of collaborative agreements between construction employers, training providers and Government to address key skills issue in the industry.
Find out more about the challenges we are facing in the construction industry.
Our Priorities
Attracting and Retaining Talent
- Promoting careers in construction
- Supporting vocational and sector specific qualifications
- Encouraging recruitment from a more diverse pool of talent
- Assisting retention by providing employers and employees with appropriate support
Developing Talent
- Promoting lifelong learning as an aid to achieving qualifications, career progression and continuous professional development
- Improving health and safety knowledge and behaviours
- Supporting evolving professional and specialist skills needs associated with sustainability, low carbon building and innovative construction
Improving Business Performance
- Increasing employer investment in training and development to improve productivity
- Increasing the uptake of skills brokerage, business support services and skills funding packages
- Improving supervisory, management and leadership skills
- Promoting integration and collaborative working in the industry
- Encouraging clients to invest in the construction skills base through best practice procurement
Strengthening the Skills Infrastructure across Nations
- Developing project based training across the nations in support of major construction projects
- Implementing the Construction Qualifications Strategy to ensure qualifications meet the needs of employers and learners
- Providing authoritative national and regional labour market intelligence
- Responding to the specific needs of the construction industry in the nations and regions
- Influencing skills and training policies and funding to ensure that they are fit for purpose for the construction industry
- Collaborating with employers and their representative bodies, professional institutions, trade unions, delivery partners and other Sector Skills Councils and clients to develop an integrated approach