Building standards - workforce data collection: analysis report 2021
The report provides a national-level view of the challenges facing the building standards profession in relation to resourcing, development of competencies and levels of turnover.
15.0 People leaving the profession
15.1. The number of staff leaving the profession has remained steady. The reasons include retirements and moving to another local authority.
15.2. There was a small increase in the number of staff leaving to work in a non-building standards public sector role or to the private sector.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Difference from 2020 (+/-) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retirement | 20 | 18 | 22 | 4 |
| Local Authority (Building Standards – Scotland)1 | 17 | 12 | - | -12 |
Local Authority (Building Standards – Not Scotland)1 |
1 | 1 | - | -1 |
| Local Authority Building Standards Office | - | - | 12 | +12 |
| Local Authority (Not Building Standards)2 | 6 | 9 | - | -9 |
| Public sector role – outwith Building Standards | - | - | 6 | +6 |
| Private Sector | 5 | 5 | 8 | +3 |
| Total | 49 | 45 | 48 | +3 |
Notes:
1 The fields ‘Local Authority - (Building Standards – Scotland)’ and ‘Local Authority (Building Standards – Not Scotland)’ were merged into a new field ‘Local Authority Building Standards Office’, from 2021 onwards.
2 Local Authority (Not Building Standards) was replaced with a new field ‘Public sector role – outwith Building Standards‘, from 2021 onwards’
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Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot
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