Virtues of Construction Training in Traditional Societies

Indigenous construction technologies were transFerred from one generation to another through training by participatIOn In all a~jJects oj construction. Trainees were required to master knowledge oFmatenals, construel/on techmques and planning in so much detail that thev hardlv needed written references. Today, .construction is more complex and has to be learned th;ough ; combination of educatIOn and training. This paper discusses the problemsjacing contemporary construction training and proposes facets which may be learnedjrom training in traditional societies in order to address them. It concludes by emphasising that great attention should be paid to integrating construction educatIOn and trmnlng.