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.


9.0 Length of Service

9.1. More than a third (38%) of the workforce has a length of service less than 10 years.

9.2. A third of the workforce 188 (33%) has a length of service over 21 years.

Table 5: Length of Service
Year Range 2019 2020 2021 Difference from 2020 (+/-)
41+ 6 6 9 +3
36-40 25 37 32 -5
31-35 46 51 62 +11
26-30 68 60 46 -14
21-25 54 47 48 +1
16-20 62 75 92 +17
11-15 79 83 64 -19
6-10 48 57 68 +11
0-5 133 157 148 -9
Total 521* 573 569 -4
Illustration 4 – Length of Overall Building Standards Service

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