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Share Your Thoughts on Tackling the Construction Skills Shortage

The Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) is asking Scotland’s construction and built environment workers for their views on how the sector can tackle its workforce and skills shortages. 

CLF has launched a short survey to gather greater industry insight on the topic.

SDP would encourage all of its relevant suppliers and member organisations to take a moment to complete the survey and share their views, before the 31 July, 2025 deadline.

Take the survey here...

Background

The Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) explained that (in its experience) construction organisations often took siloed approaches to addressing the sector’s skills shortages, rather than working in partnership with other industry bodies.

To buck this trend, CLF is creating Workforce Mission, a new approach that aims to improve collaboration among Scotland’s construction sector, to address current and future workforce shortages.

Helping to deliver the Workforce Mission is the CLF Skills Working Group, which includes representatives from CIOB, CITB, Historic Environment Scotland, hub North, Mclaughlin & Harvey, RICS, Robertson Group, Skills Development Scotland, SECTT, SNIPEF and Scottish Government, with more to be announced.

Elaine Ellis, Skills Planning Manager Construction and Net Zero at Skills Development Scotland and co-chair of the CLF’s Skills Working Group, said: “The challenge we face cannot be addressed by any single group or organisation. The collective responsibility sits firmly with employers, industry stakeholders and public sector partners.

“I urge those working across the construction and infrastructure sectors to get involved and help shape our future by taking part in this short survey.”

Take the survey here...