Construction Skills

MSP Michelle Campbell visited The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) National Construction College (NCC) in Inchinnan on 14 July.  The NCC at Inchinnan is a major Scottish skills institution located in the constituency. 

By Andy Walder, principal of the National Construction College Andy Walder

Building companies in the UK have hired Portuguese bricklayers on £1,000-a-week wages because of a shortage of skilled Britons, a recruitment firm has said. The finding was revealed by Manpower, whose research is said to have confirmed industry fears of a lack of suitably-trained workers.