This move is aimed at getting main contractors to better manage their workforce and to use more labour-saving methods such as precast or dry construction. Commitment to Training and Manpower Upgrading Full-time supervisory training 11. Ladies and gentlemen, with the industry poised for a major restructuring, I wish to underline the importance of training and upgrading of manpower. Efforts to raise the quality of the workforce should not be confined to the workers level alone. The supervisory level is crucial as well.
Supervisors ensure that workers are optimally deployed and construction standards are met.
Last year, I announced plans to introduce a full-time National Certificate in Construction Supervision course to train a new generation of site supervisors. I am pleased to note that the first course has started earlier this month with 3 classes numbering 80 students in all. This is a good start and I hope CIDB will continue to expand its range of supervisory training courses for the industry. Grooming talent at tertiary level 12. To build a strong construction industry with competitive firms, we need good engineers, architects and builders.