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Management and Leadership in the Construction Industry

Training yourself and your workforce in management and supervisory skills will help you to:
- maintain a competitive advantage
- win tenders by showing your competence and the competence of your workforce
- improve efficiency and effectiveness
- identify and diversify into new markets, services or products

To ensure appropriate training is available to the industry we carry out local and UK wide research to understand the training needs of the Northern Ireland construction industry. We annually survey employers and stakeholders to get opinions on awareness and satisfaction with our products and services and industry needs.
Skill shortages was cited in both the Employer Tracking Survey[1] (45%) and Employer Panel Consultation[2] (13%).

Training is good for business; well trained employees are safer, better skilled, work faster and make fewer mistakes.

CITB NI understand there is a need for management training in the industry to help with skills gaps now that the industry is turning a corner. Together with the  Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), CITB NI  have delivered an innovative Pilot Programme for Construction Managers to improve management skills, gain a valuable qualification and help implement good business practice all at minimum cost.
 
This Business Improvement Programme  is part of CITB NI Tier 2 grant initiatives which has brought together local construction business owners and managers who wanted to implement good practice techniques resulting in improved business performance.   24 participants completed  this programme which will allowed them to achieve an NVQ Level 5 in Leadership and evidence towards Investors in People (IIP) accreditation.  The programme ran for 8 months and covered topics such as business and succession planning, learning and development, managing projects, managing customers and recruitment, selection and induction of staff.
Read a series of case studies from this programme here.

Check out our web page focusing on Management and Leadership Solutions to help you with Management and Supervisory Training.

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