Vocational Courses Can Beat Skills Gap

More needs to be done to encourage people into vocational training in order to combat an impending skills shortage.

James Wates, the deputy chairman of Wates Construction, said that the industry is facing a bleak future if an increasing number of people do not receive appropriate training during the current economic climate.

Mr Wates called for more investment to support younger people into the construction sector as the industry may suffer from not having the next skilled generation of workers to replace an aging workforce.

People can boost their chances of finding work in the construction industry by taking plumbing courses, commercial gas courses and green energy courses as they will learn the abilities to help plug the skills gap.

James Wates, speaking at an event in Leeds, was reported by the Yorkshire Post as saying: "Employment and training took ten years to recover from the skills shortages created by the early ! 1990s recession and we're heading in the same direction.



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