Preparing the Next Generation of Skilled Construction Workers: A Workforce Development Plan for the 21st Century

AGC outlined measures officials should adopt to expand secondary-school career and technical education and post-secondary training opportunities to attract more people to construction jobs

The lack of a sufficient number of secondary-school career and technical education training programs across the country means that as the construction industry expands to meet growing demand, an increasing number of firms will have a hard time finding skilled workers. Left unaddressed, these shortages will ultimately undermine the industry’s recovery and impact broader economic growth as staffing shortages lead to construction delays. That is why the Associated General Contractors of America has identified an array of measures that federal, state and local officials should adopt to expand secondary-school career and technical education and post-secondary training opportunities so more people can enter into a growing number of high-paying construction jobs. Those measures are outlined in this plan.

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