A scenario of the Malaysian construction industry is moving towards the realisation of industrial revolution agenda 4.0. Thus, new technologies have been introduced to support the industry. However, specific tasks still required labours to perform the work. The use of labour is a primary factor in the production of a building. Nevertheless, the difficulties to employ local skilled workers to meet the industry demand is significance. Although there are many Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions that produce graduates in the field of construction related course, nonetheless, some of them are reluctant to join the construction sector because of the 3D’s (dirty, dangerous and difficult) environment of the industry. Consequently, most of the employer tend to hire unskilled foreign workers in their projects. This shortage of local labour has become one of the factors that affect the development of this country. Thus, it is vital to identify the number of local skilled construction workers available at construction sites and to determine the current labour issues at construction sites. The semi-structured interview has been conducted with the site supervisors at five random construction sites. The data was analysed using a qualitative software (i.e Atlas.ti@8).Four issues that are related to hiring of local skilled labour in construction project; as local labours request for higher wages, demand to work at the supervisory level, incompliance with industry regulations and the employers’ expectation of high skills and experience from the labour. The outcomes of this paper can serve as a foundation for the construction stakeholders in addressing the problems of labour shortage in Malaysia.
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To Cite this Article: Salleh, N. M., Lop, N. S., Mamter, S., & Abidin, Z. Z. (2020). Preliminary Survey on Availability of Local Skilled Construction Workers at Construction Sites. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(3), 618–632.
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