What is the construction industry?
The Construction Division includes units mainly engaged in the construction of buildings and other structures,
additions,
alterations, reconstruction, installation, and maintenance and repairs of buildings and other structures." Other
activities
include: "demolition or wrecking of buildings and other structures, and clearing of building sites, blasting,
test drilling,
landfill, levelling, earthmoving, excavating, land drainage and other land preparation." (Australian Bureau of
Statistics,
2006, Division E: Construction, Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZIC),
[online], Available at: http://url.edna.edu.au/h2vF). Subdivisions are: building construction, heavy and civil
engineering
construction and construction services.
Construction
- Construction industry occupational health and safety (OHS) pocket book 2007
- This resource is aimed at employers, trainers, assessors and workers in the construction industry participating in the national construction Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)Induction Training Program. It will assist students or new entrants to work through key OHS knowledge area in the unit 'CPCOHS1001A: Work safely in the construction industry'. It is the most recent resource on LiteracyNet's Building and Construction page.
- Optimising the potential of the 'other' construction workforce
- This research report examines the differences between wet trade apprentices and civil construction trainees. It examines reasons for undertaking the apprenticeship and trade; perceptions about the trade; knowledge about the trade course; troubleshooting problems and how to get support; and reasons for non-completion. A range of statistics provide evidence for the body of the report.
- Construction 2: Safety on site
- In this program, the section manager of a large construction company demonstrates the skills needed to ensure a project is completed safely, on time, and on budget. Other issues covered are: meetings, managing people, quality control, internet literacy, literacy and numeracy skills, occupational health and safety, landscaping,liaising with architect, and surveying.
- Construction and Property Services (CAPS) Network: Best practice models 2007
- This resource presents best practice stories from the Construction and Property Services (CAPS) Network. CAPS comprises representatives from the National Skills Council and state and territory building, construction, and property services industry training advisory bodies. Stories include: Western Australian Building and Construction Industry Skills Council's survey on the individual licensing of trades; Business Skills Victoria's Skill Development Survey; "10 Cool Things": a career tool for the South Australian building and construction industry; and the Real Estate Institute of the Northern Territory's project to make training information available to staff via hand held devices such as iPods.
- The value of a trade qualification
- Two primary objectives of this report are: to examine the perceptions of a trade qualification by those working in the construction industry; and to identify strategies that may increase the status of a qualification in the building and construction industry. Other areas of exploration are: context, industry recruitment practices, quality and relationship to qualifications, attitudes to industry qualifications and training (including Recognition of Prior Learning), and experiences with apprentices and apprenticeships.
- 2008 training plan: ACT building and construction industry training fund authority
- This resource provides a policy framework for entry-level and existing workers to access funding for training in a wide range of occupations in the building and construction industry. The training plan identifies five key area and activities that will be funded in 2008: entry-level training, existing worker training and professional development, promotion and marketing, research and development, and access and equity.
- State of the Western Australian building and construction industry
- This updated documents discusses Western Australian building and construction activity, workforce demographics, training activity, predictions of growth in occupations, and key issues. Important challenges for the building and construction industry are: skills shortages, regional growth pressures, skills required for infrastructure programs, improving the training culture of the industry, addressing high attrition rates, the impact of growth in the resources sector, and implications of technological change. Statistics presented in table and graph format illustrate each section of this paper.
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