{"id":205,"date":"2008-11-26T18:43:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T18:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=205"},"modified":"2010-03-19T18:43:55","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T18:43:55","slug":"new-sector-partnership-to-support-traditional-construction-skills-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"New sector partnership to support traditional construction skills in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A collaboration  between Historic Scotland, Constructionskills Scotland, and Scottish  Qualifications Authority has been launched in a bid to tackle the skills gaps in  the traditional building sector in the construction industry. The three  organisations have come together, for the first time, to establish a strategic  partnership which will be in force for the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 50% of  Scotland\u2019s construction activity relates to repair and maintenance, but gaps  remain in the availability of a broad range of traditional building  skills.<\/p>\n<p>The first task for the partnership will be to identify the skills  and knowledge gaps in traditional building skills in the construction sector. It  will then ensure the correct qualifications and professional development are in  place, within the education framework, to improve the conservation, maintenance  and repair of traditionally constructed buildings in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>See &#8211; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.historic-scotland.gov.uk\/index\/news\/news_article.htm?articleid=21187\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historic-scotland.gov.uk\/index\/news\/news_article.htm?articleid=21187\">http:\/\/www.historic-scotland.gov.uk\/index\/news\/news_article.htm?articleid=21187<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collaboration between Historic Scotland, Constructionskills Scotland, and Scottish Qualifications Authority has been launched in a bid to tackle the skills gaps in the traditional building sector in the construction industry. The three organisations have come together, for the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=205\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}