Skilful paths to workplace productivity
Productivity is a complex topic and the source of much debate. What everyone agrees on, however, is that the development and deployment of skills has a positive impact on workplace productivity.
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Works on paper
New Zealand’s early apprentices and builders relied on both imported and local instruction books and booklets to learn about building materials and construction techniques.
Tradespeople in demand as licensing looms
Workloads in the industry are at historically high levels, creating a strong demand for skilled labour. Looking forward, what effect will building practitioner licensing have on workloads and how many workers will it affect?
Skills in focus as productivity tops agenda
When the building industry rallies from the recession, it will most likely find itself facing a dramatic skills shortage that will, in turn, impact the industry’s future productivity.
Professional careers start at university
Most professional building careers will require university study and local universities have a range of offerings. Here we look at Victoria University’s School of Architecture Bachelor’s degrees which provide grounding for later professional registration.
Specialising too early
Lloyd Macomber, Salmond Reed Architects, argues that the trend for specialising too early can have a detrimental impact on the overall standard of industry design skills.
Filling the ‘skills hole’
Although we probably have the right number of people working in the industry today given current workloads, we don’t necessarily have all the right skills in place.
Boost business with literacy training
Kiwi construction companies are improving adult literacy rates with workplace literacy training. It’s time you followed their lead.
An eye on research
New Zealand’s building and construction-related tertiary education has been boosted with a new School of Built Environment, which will have a solid emphasis on industry research.
Learn about fire testing
Have you ever wanted to see how building assemblies will actually perform in a fire? A planned BRANZ course will let the building industry get stuck in to fire testing.
