An investigation of how construction skills transfer leads to sustainable employment and housing improvements in incremental housing projects.
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2003
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Abstract
This research investigates the impacts of construction skills acquired by
the beneficiaries who participated in the construction of housing in the
three case studies used in this study; the housing policy also assumes
such a connection. The study argues that the construction skills can
assist training beneficiaries to acquire sustainable employment in the
housing construction industry. The housing beneficiaries have however
experienced the problem of being unable to make further housing
completion due to various problems such as unemployment, low income,
regulations and building standards. Therefore, the study also assumes
that housing construction industry has a potentially pivotal role to play in
providing sustainable employment to the training beneficiaries, which In
turn allow them to generate income for housing improvements.
The study uses two core-housing approaches (incremental and enabling),
which emphasises the importance of construction skills to the training
beneficiaries and are relevant to the South African Housing Policy. This
study argues that the Housing Policy has a crucial role to play in
construction skills acquisition during the construction of incremental
housing projects. This study investigates the relationship among skills,
employment and housing improvements of Hambanati, Mshayazafe and
Waterloo areas in KwaZulu-Natal.
A research In this study has been conducted for the purpose of
highlighting realities regarding the impact of acquiring relevant
construction skills through incremental housing projects. The research
will enable the study to inform the government's current housing policy
about the potential benefits of providing construction skills in the
delivery of incremental housing.
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Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, 2003.
Keywords
Construction industry--Employees--Supply and demand--South Africa., Construction workers--Employment., Construction workers--Training of--South Africa., Housing policy--South Africa., Theses--Town and regional planning.