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NEWS VOLUME 12 • NUMBER 3 DECEMBER 1993
Faced with a chronic shortage
of skilled workers, home
builders are joining arms with
educators, trade associations,
and lawmakers to find new
ways of recruiting and training
workers.
The painful dimensions of
the shortage were documented
recently in a study by the
National Association of
Home Builders, which found
that two out of three builders
are now forced to employ
workers who have skill levels
below those expected for their
jobs. As a result, the number
of errors and injuries on the
job is increasing.
The shortage of skilled
framers, masons, roofers, and
other workers can be traced in
part to the powerful demographic
changes that are
reshaping the United States.
Now that the "baby boomers"
have slipped