Skills for needs: Exploring skill demand, sector influences and the role of training and education in equipping technical personnel in water and sanit

弹性水和废物基础设施系统的设计和实施需要有能力的劳动力来解决该部门目前和未来面临的挑战。虽然现有的评估对人力资源需求提供了一些见解，但其中大多数主要集中在数量缺陷（人员数量不足）上，而对技能要求（质量）的系统观点不太突出。了解技能需求对于应对人力资源需求和告知如何设计培训和教育以使该部门的劳动力具备所需的技能是至关重要的。我的研究旨在研究该行业技术人员的技能要求。为了开展我的研究，我将我的研究分为三个相互依存的阶段。第一阶段将评估政府及非政府机构对技术人员的技能需求。第二阶段探讨了影响技能需求的因素之间的相互作用，如新技术和基础设施，它还研究了这些参与组织内部的促成因素，以及它们如何影响员工的吸收。这两个阶段将采用民族志研究方法，通过参与观察技术人员的横截面和新近加入该行业的毕业生的日记记录。这将辅以半结构面谈。第三阶段将利用前几个阶段的数据，并对研究国家内确定的技术课程的学习成果进行评估，以探讨培训和高等教育在技术培训中的作用。我的研究的预期影响包括改善教育和培训机构与行业从业者在技能发展方面的积极合作。该研究还寻求为决策者投资人力资源和促进个人和组织能力发展的政策提供证据基础。

The design and implementation of resilient water and waste infrastructure systems requires a competent workforce to address present and future challenges facing the sector. Although existing assessments provide some insights on human resource requirements, majority of these largely focus on quantity deficits (the inadequate number of personnel) with systematic perspectives on skill requirements (quality) being less salient. Understanding skill demand is essential to responding to human resource needs and informing how training and education can be designed to equip the sector's workforce with the required skillset.My research aims to study the skill requirements of technical personnel in the sector. To carry out my research, I have divided my study into three interdependent phases. The first phase will assess the skill demand of technical personnel in both government and non-government organisations. The second phase explores the interaction of factors that influence skill demand such as new technologies and infrastructure, It also looks into the enabling factors within these participant organisations and how they affect the absorption of personnel into the workforce. The two phases will apply an ethnographic study approach, through participant observation of a cross- section of technical personnel and diary records of recent graduates joining the sector. This will be supplemented by semi-structures interviews. The third phase will utilise data from the previous phases alongside an evaluation of learning outcomes in identified technical courses within the study country, to explores the role of training and tertiary education in technical training. The intended impact of my research includes improved active collaboration between education and training institutions and industry practitioners in skills development. The study also seeks to contribute to the evidence base for i) decision -makers to invest in human resources and ii) policies that promote individual and organisational capacity development.