Improve the world around you with a construction career

You can make a big difference and help others with a career in the construction industry. New Zealand needs 57,600 extra people to work in construction by 2026. New houses are needed, and existing buildings need strengthening and insulating to create safer and healthier spaces to live. Learning a construction industry trade is good for you and good for New Zealand.

By choosing a career in construction you can help build more homes so that families have safe places to raise children and students won’t struggle to find flats. New Zealanders need more homes to live in as the population continues to grow, so the Government is planning to build 43,000 new houses by 2023.

Find out about jobs related to building houses:

• Carpenter
• Building and Construction Labourer
• Roofer

If you choose a career in construction you’ll be helping New Zealanders live safer and happier lives. Safer buildings are needed to protect people from natural disasters such as earthquakes. We also need to construct more fun and useable public spaces to make New Zealand an even better place to live.

Find out about jobs that keep buildings safe:

• Civil Engineer
• Building Surveyor
• Joiner

Find out about jobs that create public spaces:

• Concrete Worker
• Scaffolder
• Crane Operator

There's plenty of important construction work to be done by insulating homes to create dry and healthy living spaces. People living in damp and mouldy conditions are more likely to suffer from health issues such as breathing and skin problems, sore throats and fevers.

Find out about jobs that create insulated homes:

• Building Insulator

A construction career can help you to protect our environment. You could build wind farms or install solar panels on homes.

Find out about jobs that help protect the environment:

• Electrical engineer
• Environmental engineer

Find out how to get into a construction trade and make a real difference.

• Construction and infrastructure job profiles
• BCITO website – find out about building and construction careers

Source

Gibson, Anne, 'New study shows extra 57,600 people needed in building sector, as PM announces trade skills push', February 2019, (www.nzherald.co.nz).