Everyone knows about the skills gap in construction. This isn't about the sector needing you to inspire the next generation - this is why children need you to change their lives. Given as a presentation to the FBE Black Country and Telford Branch

1. FBE Breakfast
27th June 2017
Kathryn Lennon Johnson
Built Environment Skills in Schools

2. Kids in School
Only 40% of children
in school experience
quality work-related
encounters
82% of children state that
their parents influence their
thoughts about careers, and
47% say their parents are
their main source of
information
56% of young people are concerned
about their job prospects

3. Kids Futures
Children who receive high quality work
encounters earn up to 18% more than
counterparts who didn't
Only 40% of today's school children will join
the workforce to jobs that currently exist
The unemployment rate for young people is 3 times
the national average

4. Preventing NEETs
The UK currently has over 1million NEETs
(Not in Education, Employment or Training)
4 or more encounters with an employer
during education = an 86% reduction in the
chance of becoming NEET
e average cost of supporting someone
ET back into work is £45,000

5. Construction Perception
35% of careers guides think construction
is unattractive or very unattractive
"House builder Redrow surveyed 2,000 parents and school-
age children and 147 of its own apprentices ahead of National
Apprenticeship Week and found that 50% of young people
questioned answered “no” when asked if information on
careers in construction had ever been discussed with them
verbally by a teacher or had been made readily available in
careers literature." Construction Manager, 6 March 2017
In recent BESS research, only 8of 250+ young people had
considered a career in construction. Most were very aware of
the opportunities and variety of roles available

6. Construction Opportunities
According to CITB, only 10% of construction employers had
engaged with schools on careers
Social mobility is falling to its lowest levels in the UK,
recent CIOB research demonstrated that over 65%
working age people saw Built Environment as a posit
choice for social and economic mobil
Construction will offer more than 40% of new
opportunities for a career in a skilled trades
occupation over the next decade

7. Reaching Generation Z
Generation Z uses their smartphones 15.4
hours per week—more than any other type of
device
On average they use 5screens per day -
92%state they are online daily, with 24%
claiming they are online almost constantly
According to a 2015 report by Wildness Consulting, if left
with only one device, zero out of 10 Generation Zs would
choose to keep their televisions

8. Get Involved

Outreach MOOCs

Enterprise Adviser Network

Construction Careers Week

BESS digital