ACTE has updated its Sector Sheet on CTE’s role in developing the construction and architecture workforce with the latest on labor market demand, talent shortages, and exemplary construction and architecture CTE programs.
A skilled workforce will be in high demand in coming years to meet the country’s infrastructure needs. Currently, the Associated General Contractors of America reports difficulty filling open positions with qualified staff, and by 2031 a projected 41% of the construction workforce will have retired. Occupations expected to be in highest demand include carpenters, masons, heavy equipment operators, boilermakers, electricians, ironworkers, pipefitters, painters and sheet metal workers.
CTE programs are helping to close this skills gap by giving CTE learners the tools they need for the construction and architecture workforce. For example, the Construction Careers Academy in San Antonio, Texas, allows secondary learners to choose between six different construction and architecture majors and gives them the opportunity to earn over 800 apprenticeship hours in plumbing, electrical or carpentry areas as well as industry certifications. On the postsecondary level, Honolulu Community College offers an Architecture, Engineering and Construction Technologies program that prepares learners for immediate employment as architectural or engineering drawing technicians and for opportunities in construction management, kitchen and bath design, solar energy planning, construction estimating, land surveying and more.
ACTE’s Sector Sheet series is generously supported by Pearson.
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Posted by: Johnny Terlingo | 06/22/2021 at 01:07 PM