Emmitt, S; Gorse, C A and Jones, S R (1999) The housing site manager: Changing roles and training needs. In: Hughes, W (ed.) Proceedings of 15th Annual ARCOM Conference, 15-17 September 1999, Liverpool, UK.
Abstract
While the way in which houses are designed and constructed has changed gradually, the site agent’s responsibilities have significantly increased, due to both the voluntary adoption of quality management schemes and the compulsory adoption of legislation relating to health and safety regulations. Both have increased the workload and added additional burdens on the site agent. This paper represents a summary of a research project carried out towards the end of 1997 and the first half of 1998 to investigate the changing role of the housing site manager and their future education and training needs based on a questionnaire distributed to housing site managers throughout the UK. The objective of the questionnaire was to record site managers' perceptions of five areas applicable to their jobs, namely (1) quality management, (2) safety, (3) communication, (4) waste management, and (5) education and training requirements. Although the questionnaires were completed by individuals working on sites of different sizes and in different parts of the United Kingdom, the results appear consistent, regardless of site size or location. As such the research presented here is an important indicator for the future educational and training needs of housing site managers in the future.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | communication; education; safety; training; quality; waste management |
| Index terms: | site manager, regulation, waste management, questionnaire, quality management, education and training, housing, legislation, site agent, health and safety, training need, United Kingdom, workload |
| Subjects: | legal systems, waste management, practitioner, data collection methods, construction type, quality assurance, political science, professional education, Geography, health safety and environment, management, educational resources |
| Topics: | Governance, Sustainability, Construction Technology, Roles and Professions, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Education, Human Resources, Quality Management, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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