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either getting worse, or not improving.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (February 5-11), APM surveyed over 1,000 project management professionals in several UK sectors, including construction, in the poll carried out by national research company Censuswide.<\/p>\n<h3>Key survey findings include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>When asked if they thought the skills gap was getting better or worse in their sector, 29% of the construction project managers said it was either staying the same (25%) or getting worse (4%)<\/li>\n<li>66% said it was getting better, and 5% said there wasn\u2019t a skills gap in their sector<\/li>\n<li>one in seven (14%) construction project managers believe there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/construction-skills-gap-widen-until-image-problem-solved\/134702\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not enough skilled project professionals<\/a> to deliver projects successfully in their sector and region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Professor Adam Boddison OBE, chief executive of APM, said: \u201cFor decades, the UK has been beset with skills shortages caused by many entrenched and complex reasons, from digital transformation to post-Covid effects, and it is alarming that around three in 10 project management professionals in the construction sector think the problem is either getting worse or staying the same in 2024, despite all the well-publicised and well-intended initiatives in recent years.<\/p>\n<h3>Respondents were asked for long-term solutions to the skills gap<\/h3>\n<p>40% of those who thought the skills gap was worsening thought that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/apprenticeships-in-the-built-environment-secret-higher-retention-lower-recruitment-costs\/131404\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apprenticeship programmes<\/a> and recruiting from other professions or sectors were suitable solutions.<\/p>\n<p>This was followed by on-the-job 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