Building Standards Workforce Data Collection Analysis Report 2022
The Building Standards Workforce Data Collection Analysis Report 2022 provides a national-level view of the challenges facing the building standards profession in relation to resourcing, development of competencies and levels of turnover.
5.0 Workforce Demand
5.1. There remains a consistent demand by Building Standards Managers for staff in most roles in the building standards profession. There is a slight decrease overall in demand of 8 (1%) from 2021. See Table 1.
5.2. The roles with an increase in demand are Team Leader, Senior Surveyor, Assistant Surveyor, Building Inspector, Technician, and other roles. Although the demand for Surveyors decreased in 2022 there is still a demand in the medium to longer term (see illustration 1).
| Role | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Difference from 2021 (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| Team Leader | 43 | 43 | 47 | +4 |
| Lead Surveyor | 21 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| Senior Surveyor | 47 | 51 | 54 | +3 |
| Surveyor | 224 | 224 | 209 | -15 |
| Assistant Surveyor | 45 | 49 | 50 | +1 |
| Graduate Surveyor | 14 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Building Inspector | 44 | 41 | 43 | +2 |
| Technician | 18 | 21 | 23 | +2 |
| Building Standards Administrator (dedicated and pooled) | 93 | - | - | - |
| Administrator (dedicated resource) | - | 43 | 40 | -3 |
| Administrator (pooled resource) | - | 67 | 64 | -3 |
| Other Specialist (structure, fire, etc) | 9 | 13 | 7 | -6 |
| Other Role | 11 | 11 | 18 | +7 |
| Total | 597 | 632 | 624 | -8 |
Contact
Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot
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