Construction is an important sector in Portsmouth’s labour market, providing many jobs and forecast to grow in importance in the next few years.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) forecast that to replace older workers and fill all the new jobs in Hampshire would require 3,310 new construction workers each year, these include:

• carpenters & joiners    360
• electricians                  320
• bricklayers                   280
• plumbers                      260
• painters & decorators  210

 

Why is there such a demand for construction workers in Portsmouth?

Just look around and see the amount of new building going on in the city, and then think about these new developments over the next few years:

• rebuilding Fratton Park
• redeveloping the city centre
• new houses
• redeveloping Mountbatten Centre
• repairing and maintaining the older houses in the city
• new hotels at various sites
• constructing schools for the future programme
• redeveloping Tipner

Click on Portsmouth Developments to find out more details on several of these.

 

So what's the future for the Construction Industry?

Here are a few of the facts that give you an idea of the future of the industry:

• The 2001 Census showed that there were 6,657 people living in Portsmouth employed in construction trades in April 2001 – that is around 8% of Portsmouth’s workers.  Of these, 3,853 classed themselves as “skilled” workers.

• Research into local employment trends in the South East has predicted that the number of people employed in construction throughout Hampshire & the Isle of Wight will increase by nearly 17% between 2000 and 2011.  That’s an extra 100 new jobs each year just in Portsmouth, on top of replacing the current construction workers who move away or retire.

• In the South East, management roles will have the most vacancies with 8,500 roles needing to be filled in the next four years. (South East Construction Skills Network)

Not Just For Boys

Click on the links below to find out more about being a woman in the construction industry.

Know Your Place

National Association of Women in Construction

Women & Manual Trades

 

Company Profiles

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