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Training Artisans On-Site

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Training Artisans On-Site
 
Creator Ogbeifun, Edoghogho
 
Subject Capacity building, Artisan training
Skilled artisans, on-site training, progressive construction processes, project stakeholders, contract documentation.
Artisan training
 
Description The decline in apprenticeship in both the public and private sectors, the increasing use of sub-contractors as well as the uncoordinated approach in the informal sector are contributing factors to the shortage of skilled artisans in the construction industry. Artisans training can be introduced and implemented through the adoption of progressive implementation of construction processes commencing work from areas requiring low skill demands to areas of high skill demand. The success of this principle hinges on the collaborative effort of the key project stakeholders. The client should be willing to absorb extra cost and delays in the project; the design and contract documentation should facilitate on-site training, and  the consultant actively guide the contractor and the construction processes to achieve the training objectives. The exploratory research method was adopted in this study and research revealed that this principle was used in a project in the UK and in the development of infrastructure in the tourism industry of South Africa .It is being recommended that the principle be adapted by the public sector for the development of small size infrastructures that can be repeated in many places. This will boost the quality and quantity of artisans, enhance employability, reduce rural urban migration and alleviate poverty.Keywords: Skilled artisans, on-site training, progressive construction processes, project stakeholders, contract documentation. 
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
Contributor None
 
Date 2011-09-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer reviewed invited commentry
Exploratory
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/2234
10.5130/AJCEB.v11i3.2234
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 11, No 3 (2011): AJCEB; 82-91
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/2234/2506
 
Coverage South Africa
Global, continental and regional
Two locations
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2011 Edoghogho Ogbeifun
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0