The National Career Skills Competition
The National Career Skills Competition
By Careers Portal
The Construction Industry Federation partnered with Careers Portal on an award for work experience and/or career investigation within the construction sector.
To enter this competition a student must have undertaken either a work experience placement or provided a career investigation (or both) based on a career in the construction sector.
Constructing Your Future Competition 2023/24
The Construction Industry Federation was pleased to run the Constructing Your Future competition for 2023/24!
We heard from Transition Year students, Leaving Cert Applied and Youthreach students, in all sectors of the construction industry and built environment, giving us ideas of their work experience placements.
Our previous winners shared their experience and discussed the areas they enjoyed and their thoughts on their placements. If you are looking for inspiration, you will see the previous winning entrants below.
Previous winners
Watch the winning entries
1st Place – Ellie Boyle
2nd Place – Cormac Fitzpatrick
3rd Place – Sean Colgan
Careers in construction
Construct your future with a career in construction. The industry offers an impressive array of careers for people from all backgrounds. It is an ever-evolving discipline that relies on those who can breathe new life into creating the built environment. Click on the button to learn more about careers in the construction industry.