A list of Construction Trades and professions the industry is struggling to recruit for have been draw up by industry leaders.
Construction is currently not classed as a special case and is facing a slump in recruitment from EU workers post Brexit. A request has been made to the government to add 18 professions to its Shortage occupation list as part of its current review of migration.
CECA chief executive Alasdair Reisner said: “Speaking to companies from across UK construction we have identified some key roles where recruitment is already very difficult, or where it will become so once migration from the EU is reduced post-Brexit.”
“We believe that it is crucial that we work together, as an industry and with Government to target these shortage occupations, boosting recruitment and training in the UK, while looking to sensible migration from the rest of the world to meet additional demand.”
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• Acoustic Engineers
• Bricklayers
• Carpenters
• Ceiling Fixers
• Chartered Surveyors
• Civil Engineers
• Construction & building trades supervisors
• Construction Project Managers
• Design engineers
• Dry Liners
• General Labourers
• Groundworkers
• Mechanical & Electrical Engineers
• Planners
• Plant And Machine Operatives
• Production Managers And Directors
• Quantity Surveyors
• Structural Engineers