Highways UK/AECOM Skills Survey with the support of matchtech,CIHT,
ICE, CITB and Highways England

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1. What is the nature of your organisation's role within the highways sector?

Public sector client

Design consultant

Contractor

Tier 2/3 supply chain

Other (please specify):

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2. How acute do you consider the current skills shortage within the highways sector?

Very severe

Severe

Moderate

Minor

Not an issue

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3. How concerned are you that a skills shortage within your own organisation could impact delivery of client programmes?

Very concerned

Concerned

Slightly concerned

Unconcerned

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4. Given increased investment and workload in the highways sector, do you believe your organisation may decline opportunities to tender over the next five years as a result of insufficient resource?

Yes – highly likely

Yes – likely

Yes – possibly

No – unlikely

No – extremely unlikely

Don’t know

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5. To what extent do you believe the following areas of service provision are impacted by the current skills shortage?

	very severe impact	severe impact	moderate impact	minor impact	no impact
Design (core engineering disciplines)	Design (core engineering disciplines) very severe impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) severe impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) moderate impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) minor impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) no impact
Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS)	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) very severe impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) severe impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) moderate impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) minor impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) no impact
Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.)	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) very severe impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) severe impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) moderate impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) minor impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) no impact
Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc)	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) very severe impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) severe impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) moderate impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) minor impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) no impact
Construction: manual labour	Construction: manual labour very severe impact	Construction: manual labour severe impact	Construction: manual labour moderate impact	Construction: manual labour minor impact	Construction: manual labour no impact
Specialist: e.g. health & safety	Specialist: e.g. health & safety very severe impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety severe impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety moderate impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety minor impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety no impact
Tier 2 supply chain	Tier 2 supply chain very severe impact	Tier 2 supply chain severe impact	Tier 2 supply chain moderate impact	Tier 2 supply chain minor impact	Tier 2 supply chain no impact
Asset management	Asset management very severe impact	Asset management severe impact	Asset management moderate impact	Asset management minor impact	Asset management no impact

Other (please specify):

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6. To what extent do you believe the following areas of service provision will be impacted by a skills shortage in the long term, i.e. 10+ years’ time?

	very severe impact	severe impact	moderate impact	minor impact	no impact
Design (core engineering disciplines)	Design (core engineering disciplines) very severe impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) severe impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) moderate impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) minor impact	Design (core engineering disciplines) no impact
Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS)	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) very severe impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) severe impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) moderate impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) minor impact	Design: ancillary disciplines (e.g. environment, BIM, data management, ITS) no impact
Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.)	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) very severe impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) severe impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) moderate impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) minor impact	Construction: professional services (e.g. project management, cost estimation, construction supervision etc.) no impact
Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc)	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) very severe impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) severe impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) moderate impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) minor impact	Construction: skilled trade (e.g. steel fixers, joiners, plant operators etc) no impact
Construction: manual labour	Construction: manual labour very severe impact	Construction: manual labour severe impact	Construction: manual labour moderate impact	Construction: manual labour minor impact	Construction: manual labour no impact
Specialist: e.g. health & safety	Specialist: e.g. health & safety very severe impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety severe impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety moderate impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety minor impact	Specialist: e.g. health & safety no impact
Tier 2 supply chain	Tier 2 supply chain very severe impact	Tier 2 supply chain severe impact	Tier 2 supply chain moderate impact	Tier 2 supply chain minor impact	Tier 2 supply chain no impact
Asset management	Asset management very severe impact	Asset management severe impact	Asset management moderate impact	Asset management minor impact	Asset management no impact

Other (please specify):

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7. With regional devolution increasing the likelihood of more localised decision-making and greater investment autonomy, what impact do you foresee on skills in the highways sector? Please tick all that apply.

More pressure on skills due to greater volume of projects

More pressure on skills due to more ambitious projects

Less pressure on skills due to consolidation of projects across multiple authorities

Less pressure on skills due to more focused regional planning

Devolution will make no difference to the demand for skills

Don’t know

Other (please specify):

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8. At what level is the skills shortage most acute?

	very severe impact	severe impact	moderate impact	minor impact	no impact
Apprentice/Technician	Apprentice/Technician very severe impact	Apprentice/Technician severe impact	Apprentice/Technician moderate impact	Apprentice/Technician minor impact	Apprentice/Technician no impact
Graduate	Graduate very severe impact	Graduate severe impact	Graduate moderate impact	Graduate minor impact	Graduate no impact
Supervisory (around five – 15 years’ experience)	Supervisory (around five – 15 years’ experience) very severe impact	Supervisory (around five – 15 years’ experience) severe impact	Supervisory (around five – 15 years’ experience) moderate impact	Supervisory (around five – 15 years’ experience) minor impact	Supervisory (around five – 15 years’ experience) no impact
Management (over 15 years’ experience)	Management (over 15 years’ experience) very severe impact	Management (over 15 years’ experience) severe impact	Management (over 15 years’ experience) moderate impact	Management (over 15 years’ experience) minor impact	Management (over 15 years’ experience) no impact
Board/executive level	Board/executive level very severe impact	Board/executive level severe impact	Board/executive level moderate impact	Board/executive level minor impact	Board/executive level no impact

Other (please specify):

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9. What do you consider the main barriers to attracting people into the highways sector at entry level? (Please rank in order of significance with position 1 being the most significant barrier.)

Careers in other industries are more attractive to STEM graduates and apprentices

Limited appeal of the highways sector compared to other sectors in infrastructure and the built environment

Lack of clarity about career path

Fear of job insecurity due to historic stop-start approach to investment

Obtaining the required qualifications is too onerous

Lack of awareness

Lack of work/life balance

Remuneration and rewards are insufficiently competitive

Industry culture is insufficiently diverse

Other

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10. If you consider your 'other' factors to be significant, please expand on your response below:

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11. What do you consider the main barriers to retaining talent in the highways sector? (Please rank in order of significance with position 1 being the most significant barrier.)

Schemes outside the roads sector are attracting talent away from highways

The route to management is unclear

Lack of variety in the work

Industry culture is insufficiently diverse

Remuneration and rewards are insufficiently competitive

Lack of respect for the profession

Fear of job insecurity due to historic stop-start approach to investment

Lack of work/life balance

Other

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12. If you consider your 'other' factors to be significant, please expand on your response below:

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13. To what extent is staff churn in the highways sector affecting client delivery?

Very severe impact

Severe impact

Moderate impact

Minor impact

No impact

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14. Do you believe the highways sector currently has the technology skills required to support the emerging use of autonomous vehicles on the network?

Yes

Maybe

Don’t know

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15. Do you believe the highways sector currently exhibits the skills and mindset needed to make collaborative working successful?

Yes

Maybe

Don’t know

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16. What skills initiatives would deliver the greatest benefit to the roads sector? (Please tick all that apply.)

A national skills academy for highways to develop the skills the UK needs

A national skills roadmap based on the requirements of the Strategic Road Network

A regional skills roadmap to assess based on the requirements of the Local Road Network

Greater standardisation in baseline qualifications for the highways sector

Industry benchmarking for collaborative behaviours in the highways sector

A national competency assessment of highways skills

A national minimum standard for safety training in highways

Other (please add):

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17. How concerned are you about the impact of a future Brexit on highway sector skills?

Very concerned

Concerned

Slightly concerned

Unconcerned

Don’t know

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18. Which of the following material resource do you feel is most threatened due to increased workload? (Please tick all that apply.)

Steel

Bitumen

Aggregates

Cement/concrete

Drainage material

Technology

Other (please specify):

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19. Which of the following plant resource do you feel is most threatened due to increased workload? (Please tick all that apply.)

Haulage

Paving equipment

Earth moving equipment

Slip form

Piling

Craneage/lifting equipment

Other (please specify)

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Thank you for completing the survey

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For more information on Highways UK, including how to book for the next event at NEC, Birmingham on 16/17 November, please visit www.highways-uk.com

With thanks to our principal skills partner Aecom

<strong>For more information on Highways UK, including how to book for the next event at NEC, Birmingham on 16/17 November, please visit <a href="http://www.highways-uk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.highways-uk.com</a><br><br><br>With thanks to our principal skills partner <a href="http://www.aecom.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aecom</a></strong>

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With the support of: matchtech, Highways England, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation, Institution of Civil Engineers and Construction Industry Training Board.

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1. What is the nature of your organisation's role within the highways sector?

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2. How acute do you consider the current skills shortage within the highways sector?

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3. How concerned are you that a skills shortage within your own organisation could impact delivery of client programmes?

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4. Given increased investment and workload in the highways sector, do you believe your organisation may decline opportunities to tender over the next five years as a result of insufficient resource?

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5. To what extent do you believe the following areas of service provision are impacted by the current skills shortage?

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6. To what extent do you believe the following areas of service provision will be impacted by a skills shortage in the long term, i.e. 10+ years’ time?

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7. With regional devolution increasing the likelihood of more localised decision-making and greater investment autonomy, what impact do you foresee on skills in the highways sector? Please tick all that apply.

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8. At what level is the skills shortage most acute?

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9. What do you consider the main barriers to attracting people into the highways sector at entry level? (Please rank in order of significance with position 1 being the most significant barrier.)

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10. If you consider your 'other' factors to be significant, please expand on your response below:

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11. What do you consider the main barriers to retaining talent in the highways sector? (Please rank in order of significance with position 1 being the most significant barrier.)

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12. If you consider your 'other' factors to be significant, please expand on your response below:

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13. To what extent is staff churn in the highways sector affecting client delivery?

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14. Do you believe the highways sector currently has the technology skills required to support the emerging use of autonomous vehicles on the network?

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15. Do you believe the highways sector currently exhibits the skills and mindset needed to make collaborative working successful?

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16. What skills initiatives would deliver the greatest benefit to the roads sector? (Please tick all that apply.)

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17. How concerned are you about the impact of a future Brexit on highway sector skills?

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18. Which of the following material resource do you feel is most threatened due to increased workload? (Please tick all that apply.)

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19. Which of the following plant resource do you feel is most threatened due to increased workload? (Please tick all that apply.)

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20. Thank you for completing the survey Thanks to the generosity of our friends at TomTom, everybody who completes the survey can enter a prize draw to win one of its latest permanently connected SatNav systems. If you want to be entered into the draw please provide the following information:

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For more information on Highways UK, including how to book for the next event at NEC, Birmingham on 16/17 November, please visit www.highways-uk.comWith thanks to our principal skills partner Aecom

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With the support of: matchtech, Highways England, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation, Institution of Civil Engineers and Construction Industry Training Board.

20.
Thank you for completing the survey

Thanks to the generosity of our friends at TomTom, everybody who completes the survey can enter a prize draw to win one of its latest permanently connected SatNav systems. If you want to be entered into the draw please provide the following information:

For more information on Highways UK, including how to book for the next event at NEC, Birmingham on 16/17 November, please visit www.highways-uk.com

With thanks to our principal skills partner Aecom