Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future Trends
The construction sector has always occupied a strategic place in the European economy. The European construction industry suffered during the 2007–2008 global financial crisis, and today the sector is undergoing a recovery process. Among all the construction subsectors, civil engineering has the hig...
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| author | Tugce Akyazi Irantzu Alvarez Elisabete Alberdi Aitor Oyarbide-Zubillaga Aitor Goti Felix Bayon |
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| description | The construction sector has always occupied a strategic place in the European economy. The European construction industry suffered during the 2007–2008 global financial crisis, and today the sector is undergoing a recovery process. Among all the construction subsectors, civil engineering has the highest growth rate. Currently, the sector has to face profound industrial changes emerging with digital transformations (Industry 4.0), sustainability, climate change and energy efficiency. To promote the growth of the civil engineering sector and accelerate the recovery, we need to create a highly qualified and competent workforce that can handle the challenges coming up with the technological progress and global competitiveness. The main condition to achieve this capable workforce is to define the expected evolution of skills requirements. For that purpose, our work focuses on identifying current and near-future key skills required by the civil engineering occupations. To achieve this, we developed an automated sectoral database for the current and near-future skills requirements of the selected professional profiles. It is our belief that this sectoral database is a fundamental framework that will guide the sector through the future changes. We also believe that our research can be used as a key tool for construction companies, policy-makers, academics and training centers to develop well-designed and efficient training programs for upskilling and reskilling the workforce. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4d6d80e906145b29ee44c4aed776e782023-11-20T17:21:32ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-10-011020722610.3390/app10207226Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future TrendsTugce Akyazi0Irantzu Alvarez1Elisabete Alberdi2Aitor Oyarbide-Zubillaga3Aitor Goti4Felix Bayon5Department of Mechanics, Design and Organization, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainDepartment of Graphical Expression and Engineering Projects, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48013 Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainDepartment of Applied Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48013 Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainDepartment of Mechanics, Design and Organization, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainDepartment of Mechanics, Design and Organization, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainSidenor Aceros Especiales, SLU, 48970 Bilbao, Bizkaia, SpainThe construction sector has always occupied a strategic place in the European economy. The European construction industry suffered during the 2007–2008 global financial crisis, and today the sector is undergoing a recovery process. Among all the construction subsectors, civil engineering has the highest growth rate. Currently, the sector has to face profound industrial changes emerging with digital transformations (Industry 4.0), sustainability, climate change and energy efficiency. To promote the growth of the civil engineering sector and accelerate the recovery, we need to create a highly qualified and competent workforce that can handle the challenges coming up with the technological progress and global competitiveness. The main condition to achieve this capable workforce is to define the expected evolution of skills requirements. For that purpose, our work focuses on identifying current and near-future key skills required by the civil engineering occupations. To achieve this, we developed an automated sectoral database for the current and near-future skills requirements of the selected professional profiles. It is our belief that this sectoral database is a fundamental framework that will guide the sector through the future changes. We also believe that our research can be used as a key tool for construction companies, policy-makers, academics and training centers to develop well-designed and efficient training programs for upskilling and reskilling the workforce.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/20/7226civil engineeringconstruction sectorskillsfuture skillsIndustry 4.0digitalization |
| spellingShingle | Tugce Akyazi Irantzu Alvarez Elisabete Alberdi Aitor Oyarbide-Zubillaga Aitor Goti Felix Bayon Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future Trends Applied Sciences civil engineering construction sector skills future skills Industry 4.0 digitalization |
| title | Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future Trends |
| title_full | Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future Trends |
| title_fullStr | Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future Trends |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future Trends |
| title_short | Skills Needs of the Civil Engineering Sector in the European Union Countries: Current Situation and Future Trends |
| title_sort | skills needs of the civil engineering sector in the european union countries current situation and future trends |
| topic | civil engineering construction sector skills future skills Industry 4.0 digitalization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/20/7226 |
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