Employment and skills

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Employment and skills

Building the stage for the London 2012 Games will give people in London and the UK unprecedented access to new jobs and career opportunities. We have the chance to get unemployed people into work and to improve the skills within communities in east London and beyond.

As one of the largest construction projects in the country we will demonstrate our commitment to increasing skills and providing learning opportunities, particularly
within the current challenging economic climate.

Kerri Chambers is an apprentice bricklayer working on the Olympic Stadium.

We anticipate that the three major Stratford-based projects alone – the Olympic Park, Olympic Village and Stratford City development – will create around 30,000 jobs over the course of the construction period.

We want local people not only to experience the excitement of hosting the Games, but to help build them. In partnership with government, contractors, training organisations, sector skills councils, Jobcentre Plus and job brokerage networks in the five Host Boroughs, we have established an integrated approach to help get local people into jobs, to develop skills and gain new qualifications in construction.

We are establishing a link to skills development, including retraining and sustainable employment, to equip people with the right skills for future jobs in construction.

These efforts create a positive employment and economic legacy for London and the UK after the Games: the creation of new jobs; opportunities for continuing employment; an improved skills and qualification base among local people; and better links between employers and people looking for work. This will leave a highly skilled workforce that can not only help deliver the Games, but one that will go on to have sustainable and rewarding careers in construction after 2012.

Please note: The Olympic Delivery Authority will be publishing the next Employment and Skills statistics on 21 January 2010 in the publications section of this website.