Developing A Harmonised Framework For Construction Craft Skills Training In Nigeria

Developing A Harmonised Framework For Construction Craft Skills Training In Nigeria

Abstract

Several studies on construction craft chops have linked a number of problems including ineffective training as responsible for dearths of tradesmen in the construction assiduity. In Nigeria, the problem of training tradesmen has been attributed to lack of a harmonised training frame. This exploration thus examined being training fabrics in craft chops training institutions and assessed the performance of the products of those institutions with a view to developing a harmonised frame for delivering effective training in Nigeria. Largely qualitative approach was espoused in conducting the exploration. Detailed literature review on training of tradesmen led to the development of asemi-structured interview companion which was used in conducting interviews in specialized training institutions and construction organisations. In the specialized institutions, elderly operation staff that specialised in specialized training were canvassed while in the construction organisations, both operation staff and tradesmen were canvassed . A aggregate of six( 6) training institutions were linked from a list of accredited specialized training institutions published by the National Board for Technical Education and interviews conducted. For the construction organisations, nine( 9) large construction enterprises were named using intentional slice and interviews were done with a operation staff and three( 3) tradesmen in each establishment. Data attained from the interviews were subordinated to abstract content analysis. The results showed the actuality of different fabrics in each training institution with parallels, strengths and sins. Other findings include the absence of direct collaboration between institutions and assiduity in delivering training; artificial training is inadequately organised, supervised and the duration is shy; lack of prearrangement for the conduct of artificial training; training delivery is general in utmost institutions anyhow of the specific demand of diligence. Accordingly, from the findings of the study, a harmonised frame for training construction tradesmen was developed which takes advantage of the strengths of the being fabrics while minimising their sins. The developed frame was validated using construction assiduity stakeholders. The study concludes that training of construction tradesmen can be delivered in a cooperative manner with all stakeholders in the construction assiduity performing places grounded on their strategic advantage. It’s recommended that sector specific specialized training approach should be espoused and enforced in a cooperative manner for effective training; the developed frame for training of construction tradesmen should be espoused and enforced.

Chapter 1

Preface

Background to the Study

The Construction Industry produces sky scrapers, roads, airfields, boat yards, and several other structures. The product of these relies heavily on mortal and material coffers. In terms of significance, Khalil and Lees( 2006) ranked mortal coffers advanced than natural( material) and capital coffers in both product and services process of an organisation. also, Muya etal.( 2006) argued that the quality of services offered by construction enterprises depend largely onthe quality of their pool. likewise, of the pool in the construction assiduity, the craft chops constitute the maturity and execute utmost of the jobs because the assiduity is still homemade labour ferocious( Fellows etal., 2002). Regrettably, this class of mortal resource needed by construction enterprises are in short force in UK, Canada, USA, Asia and Africa( Agapiou etal., 1995a; Agapiou, 1998; Gann and Senker, 1998; Mckenzie, etal., 2000, Forde and MacKenzie, 2004; Datoegoem, 2006; Issam, 2006; McGuinness and Bannett, 2006; Muya etal., 2006; Chan and Dainty, 2007; Smith, 2009; Abdullahi, 2010; Kikwasi, 2011; Medugu etal.,

).

In order to make up for the space in craft chops needed in the construction assiduity, construction enterprises import craft chops from other countries or simmer them from rival companies to ameliorate their performance and out- play their challengers rather of training new bones ( Agapiou etal., 1995a; Muya etal., 2006).