TY - GEN
T1 - Comprehensive Analysis on the Adoption of the Multiskilling Strategy among Craft Professionals
AU - Albalawi, Rakan
AU - Goodrum, Paul M.
AU - Taylor, Tim
AU - Real, Kevin
AU - Albattah, Mohammed A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ASCE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Studies suggest that multiskilling strategies can play a significant role to reduce labor shortages in the construction industry. Multiskilling is a labor strategy that involves the training of employees to acquire different skills and tasks in addition to their primary role in the workplace. This paper analyzes the adoption of multiskilling strategy in the US construction industry between 2005 and 2019 by examining 638,469 exam completions from the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and its National Craft Assessment and Certification Program (NCACP). The paper measures the growth of multiskilling workers based upon race, gender, and dual-skill pairing patterns between 2005 and 2019. In addition, the effect of formal training on the multiskilling workers has been examined to investigate the impact on the strategy. Findings suggest that level of multiskilling among the observed population of craft professionals in the North American construction workforce did statistically grow from 2005 to 2019. Additionally, top dual-skill pairings vary between multiskilling craft professionals based on many demographics.
AB - Studies suggest that multiskilling strategies can play a significant role to reduce labor shortages in the construction industry. Multiskilling is a labor strategy that involves the training of employees to acquire different skills and tasks in addition to their primary role in the workplace. This paper analyzes the adoption of multiskilling strategy in the US construction industry between 2005 and 2019 by examining 638,469 exam completions from the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and its National Craft Assessment and Certification Program (NCACP). The paper measures the growth of multiskilling workers based upon race, gender, and dual-skill pairing patterns between 2005 and 2019. In addition, the effect of formal training on the multiskilling workers has been examined to investigate the impact on the strategy. Findings suggest that level of multiskilling among the observed population of craft professionals in the North American construction workforce did statistically grow from 2005 to 2019. Additionally, top dual-skill pairings vary between multiskilling craft professionals based on many demographics.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784483985.048
DO - 10.1061/9780784483985.048
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85128953520
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2022: Health and Safety, Workforce, and Education - Selected Papers from Construction Research Congress 2022
SP - 471
EP - 480
BT - Construction Research Congress 2022
A2 - Jazizadeh, Farrokh
A2 - Shealy, Tripp
A2 - Garvin, Michael J.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2022: Health and Safety, Workforce, and Education, CRC 2022
Y2 - 9 March 2022 through 12 March 2022
ER -