• About ECITB
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• 2007 Contractor Community Joint Project

• The ECITB
• The Engineering Construction Industry
• Meeting the Challenges of the Future
• What does the ECITB offer?
• New Qualifications Strategy
• Skills & Training Charter
• Board & Committee
• Strategic Plan 2009 - 2013
• Securing Engineering Construction Skills for the Future
• Industry Report 2008
• Bridging the Skills Gap
• Energy Skills Opportunity and Challenge
• ECITB Skills Demand, Supply and Gaps
• 2007 Contractor Community Joint Project

2007 Contractor Community Joint Project

IFF Research and the Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER) were commissioned in 2007 to undertake a study of the Workforce, Skills and Training Issues in the Contracting Community. It is a Skills for Business Network joint project that involved a collaborative partnership between ECITB, Cogent and Semta.

This report describes the problems facing the Contracting Community and develops some new tools to help anticipate the scale and pattern of future skill requirements. It highlights some of the key drivers of business demand, reviews previous research and assesses the availability of relevant data, before considering the implications of labour demand and the demand for skills.

The research is supported by interviews with a number of key members of the Contractor Community, including clients and contractors. Both clients and contractors share the view that demand for labour is at a recent high and likely to increase, but the supply of suitably skilled labour is problematic. The employment scenarios offered to explore potential outcomes of the predicted skills gaps and shortages are based upon a previous IER study and the "Bridging the Skills Gap" analysis published by the ECITB.

To download the Contracting Community report, which contains a great deal of available evidence and information about the skills and training problems facing contractors and the implications for the contracting workforce, please click the link on the left.