Strategies for the implementation of continuing professional development for SMEs in construction Mills, Anthony, Smith, Jim and Iyer-Raniga, Usha 2003, Strategies for the implementation of continuing professional development for SMEs in construction, in Knowledge construction : proceedings of the Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions : W55 : Building economics, W65 : Organisation and management of construction : W107 Construction in developing countries, 22-24 October 2003, Singapore /​ organised by Dept. of Building, National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore. Dept. of Building, Singapore, Singapore. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Strategies for the implementation of continuing professional development for SMEs in construction Author(s) Mills, Anthony Smith, Jim Iyer-Raniga, Usha Conference name Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions (2003 : Singapore, Singapore) Conference location Singapore, Singapore Conference dates 22-24 Oct. 2003 Title of proceedings Knowledge construction : proceedings of the Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions : W55 : Building economics, W65 : Organisation and management of construction : W107 Construction in developing countries, 22-24 October 2003, Singapore /​ organised by Dept. of Building, National University of Singapore Editor(s) Ofori, George Ling, Florence Yean Yng Publication date 2003 Conference series Joint International Symposium of CIB Working Commissions Publisher National University of Singapore. Dept. of Building Place of publication Singapore, Singapore Summary The Victorian government (in Australia) intends to mandate that all registered building practitioners (RBP) undertake a minimum level of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as part of the registration process. The introduction of CPD increases the travel costs for construction practitioners; due to the necessity to undertake a minimum level of training. This places an increased burden on construction companies' especially small regional-based firms that are not in a position of financial strength. This research is based on study of training needs of 73 construction companies in Victoria, Australia. The results show that training costs are being unequally weighted towards small regional-based firms; suggesting that the location of the company is a major contributing factor to their ability to meet registration requirements. Regional companies have comparatively high costs for training compared to metropolitan-based firms. Company location is a limiting factor that impacts on the ability of regional firms to implement training programs. This research investigates the notion that increasing registration requirements will improve outcomes for all participants. ISBN 9810497695 Language eng Field of Research 129999 Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2003, National University of Singapore Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30037073 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of Architecture and Built Environment   Link to Related Work Strategies for the implementation of continuing professional development for SMEs in construction (deposited 31-08-2016) National University of Singapore, Dept of Building (NUS) Publisher (deposited 17-10-2011)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Oct 2011, 09:27:30 EST Tue, 05 Jun 2012, 10:00:26 EST Tue, 05 Jun 2012, 10:03:33 EST Tue, 02 Oct 2012, 10:10:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 160 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Oct 2011, 09:27:30 EST

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