"because you can be earning a six-figure salary on a building site, but only 30,000 teaching in a FE college"
"There has to be something done about getting people in (who) can actually train up the next generation."
"We've only got 75% of the surveyors we need and you know, surveying is an essential part of the building process. So we need that to happen. "And the government are doing something on skills, absolutely, but the timescales don't quite match our ambition to builds. "The thing that's also lacking in the government's approach is a failure to recognise that paying a Further Education college lecturer 32,000 is not going to cut it to attract the best talent go to teach in schools across London."
"People like that are very, very important"
Construction pay significantly exceeds Further Education (FE) college lecturer salaries, discouraging skilled workers from teaching trades and reducing training capacity. The shortage of trainers limits the ability to scale up builders, surveyors, roofers and other trades needed for planned housing delivery. Government plans include a £600m investment to create up to 60,000 more engineers, bricklayers, electricians and joiners by 2029, but timescales and pay differentials may not match construction sector demand. City Hall aims for 88,000 new homes annually but recent completions fell far short, highlighting workforce and planning constraints on building targets.
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