Needed now and next decade: Electricians, roofers, plumbers
WASHINGTON — Construction companies no longer fret over finding work. They increasingly worry about finding enough skilled workers.
“The industry’s workforce challenge is primarily a craft-worker shortage,” said Stephen Sandherr, the CEO of the Associated General Contractors of America, adding that skilled hourly workers represent “the bulk of construction workers.”
The worker shortage, highlighted in the group’s new survey of members, is all the more pronounced this Labor Day weekend because of indications that demand will grow for roofers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters and concrete masons — the very positions in shortest supply.
The U.S. Labor Department projects that demand nationwide for all those categories, except for carpenters, will grow considerably faster over the next decade than the pace of overall job growth.
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