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Agapiou, A (1998) A review of recent developments in construction operative training. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 511-20.
Clarke, L and Wall, C (1998) UK construction skills in the context of European developments. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 553-67.
Coffey, M and Langford, D A (1998) The propensity for employee participation in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 543-52.
Gann, D M and Senker, P (1998) Construction skills training for the next millennium. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 569-80.
Jayawardane, A and Gunawardana, N D (1998) Construction workers in developing countries: a case study of Sri Lanka. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 521-30.
Richter, A (1998) Qualifications in the German construction industry: stocks, flows and comparisons with the British construction sector. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 581-92.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: apprenticeship; education; Germany; qualification; vocational training
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461998372114
- Abstract:
The paper provides an overview of qualifications in the German construction workforce and draws comparisons with the situation in the British construction industry. The German system of general education and vocational training is outlined. Data from a variety of sources are used to describe both the stocks and the flows of qualifications in the German construction workforce. Particular attention is paid to vocational qualifications, such as apprenticeships and the Meister qualification. Key findings are that the majority of German construction workers are qualified up to apprenticeship level, and that most of these employees have achieved a general schooling certificate from at least a lower secondary school prior to their vocational training. These factors are taken as signs of strength of the German construction workforce. Comparisons between the stocks of qualifications in the construction industry in the two countries suggest that intermediate qualifications of the apprenticeship type are far less prevalent in the British construction workforce.
Syben, G (1998) A qualifications trap in the German construction industry: changing the production model and the consequences for the training system in the German construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 593-601.
Winch, G (1998) The growth of self-employment in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 16(05), 531-42.