Critical Success Factors for the Innovative Training of Construction Professionals: The Nigerian perspective of a successful acquisition model.

Abstract

The constant evolution of new transformative technologies as well as other contemporary issues within the built environment such as the global pandemic, large skill gaps among others have further reinforced the need for the innovative training of Construction professionals. These competency deficiencies are in no small measure, the catalyst for reduced productivity and the obsoleteness of recent construction graduates upon their emergence in the innovative construction world. Training is key to addressing these issues. Hence, the need to examine the critical success factor required for acquiring innovative training for construction professionals. The study mainly adopted an electronic questionnaire survey approach, which was targeted at built environment professionals in Nigeria. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to identify 26 success factors for the innovative training of built environment professionals, which were later employed for the questionnaire design. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, mean score, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy, Bartlett test of sphericity, and factor analysis to categories all the identified factors into four (4) critical elements which are Organization culture, personnel orientation, coaching quality and payback on investment. This research is needful in providing construction organizations, professionals bodies, training institutes, government parastatals among others with factors to pay keen attention to as they acquire innovative training for their employees.