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in construction and housing
activities. The skilled workers
also constitute a sizeable Managers
population. However, the (3%)
actual demand for such
workforce may be higher Supervisory
in this segment but it is not Personnel (4%)
matched by the supply due
to the paucity of vocational
and other skill training Skilled Workers (10%)
institutions as laid down
earlier in Section 1.
3.2 Skill sets and profiles Unskilled Workers (83%)
The construction and housing
development activity would Figure 1: Employment Pyramid in Building, Construction, and Real Estate Sector
also require a diverse set of
people in order to execute
the projects; therefore, the Here, the unskilled workforce constitute an important input
diverse range of skilled in construction needs to be that can make the skilled
people as well as unskilled looked upon as those people and unskilled workforce
workforce are required for who are employable to work more productive. Here, skill
executing construction and in the sector (functionally building/skill development
housing projects. Even the ready to do the job) rather education can play a major
unskilled workers need to than simply unemployed transformative role to the
have some basic requisite workers awaiting the job. individuals and communities
ability to perform the job This essentially means some by empowering them with
through on-site training and amount of skill training is the key inputs which matter
background education. There needed to be given to such in employability as well as
are a large number of higher workers in order to make (life-time) earning capacity.
educational institutions them more productive
that churn out management and useful to the industry. 4. Skill Training and
Development
Skillset
graduates without field Likewise, skilled workers Initiatives
experience; the number require education and
of project managers with appropriate skillsets e.g., bar- Given the emergent trends
work experience available is bending, electrician, welding, of economic growth of the
crane operation, plumbing,
not enough. Likewise, the carpentry etc in order to country, the construction and
number of site supervisors render the services more housing sectors have been
and engineers with civil effectively to the construction witnessing a rapid growth
engineering background has activity. Up gradation of skills and the investments into
not been rising to the requisite to match the changing job construction and housing
level, which is evident from requirements is also necessary. projects are also rising
the shortfall of admissions. Therefore, skill training rapidly. These investments
The figure is based on NSDC and skill set development and activities into the sector
(2012) data. need to be matched by the
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