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POLICY REVIEW

Managers

Professional
Managers
[Graduate/ Supervisors
Post
Graduates
with Engineers
Management
Education] [Graduate Workers
engineers]

Project Skilled Workers Unskilled Workers
Managers Supervisors [Persons with ITI/ [Minimally educated
[Graduate/ [Diploma Vocational Training] contratual staff]
Post Graduate Engineers]
Engineers
with Field
Experience]

Figure 2 Employment Profiles and Education in Construction and Real Estate Sector

availability of manpower with trained/ skilled workforce voluntary initiatives towards
appropriate skillsets in order due to better productivity. developing skillsets in
to sustain them. However, construction and housing
there are large gaps between 4.1 Broader initiatives of sector in India. Consortium
the manpower requirements the Government of Real Estate Developers
and the availability of working Figure 3 shows the approach Association of India (CREDAI)
population with such skillsets taken by the government in has taken steps to impart
in the current scenario. The terms of the initiatives towards skill training through its
development of manpower or making the workforce with network of CREDAI chapters
workforce with appropriate requisite skillsets. in India. Construction Skill
skillsets is essential for Development Council of India
clocking higher economic 4.2 Industry Specific (CSCDI) also lends its hand
growth; the construction Initiatives to training skilled personnel.
and housing industry will The National Academy of
also stand to gain from such There have been few Construction (NAC) is one

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