Evaluation of Manpower Training and Development in Nigeria Construction Industry

B. Aruleba Olalekan; I. Adeyemo Dele; J. Lawalson Temitope

International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning

Evaluation of Manpower Training and Development in Nigeria Construction Industry

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Abstract Lack of technical and managerial skill is often identified as one of the major problem facing construction industry in developing countries resulting in poor competitiveness with their developed and industrialized counterparts. Research had shown that building failure is not only caused as result of inefficient design, lack of standard materials, but also due to lack of skilled labour in the construction project. This research evaluate manpower training and development in the construction industry in Ondo State Nigeria with a view to identifying and assess the training method for each categories of employee in the industry, challenges to training and development of workers in the construction industry and impact of manpower training and development on employees and employers. Data for the study were obtained through well-structured questionnaire administered to building professionals in the construction firm in Ondo State Nigeria. The data were presented and analysed using descriptive statistics and inferential and mean score index. Some of the findings of the study revealed that in house training and in service training method is preferred by construction industry. Attitude of top management and lack of fund was seen as the major challenges militating against training of employees. The study recommends that manpower training and development must be sustained by all stakeholders in the industry in order to improve workers productivity; organization should adopt right method in training each category of employee and carry out the need assessment for training to avoid training a wrong employee. Keywords: construction industry, employee, employer, training and development

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B. Aruleba Olalekan, I. Adeyemo Dele, J. Lawalson Temitope. Evaluation of Manpower Training and Development in Nigeria Construction Industry. International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning. 2016;2(1):13–26.

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