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CONSTRUCTIONMONITOR

Q3 • 2016

Employment

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CIDB CONSTRUCTION MONITOR - EMPLOYMENT; OCTOBER 2016

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CIDB CONSTRUCTION MONITOR - EMPLOYMENT; OCTOBER 2016 1. Introduction _________________________________________________________________ 1 2. Employment in the Construction Industry; Overview ________________________________ 2

2.1 Context _______________________________________________________________ 2 2.2 Employment in the Construction Industry ____________________________________ 2 2.3 Employment by Industry Sector ____________________________________________ 3 2.4 Employment Index; Contractors ___________________________________________ 5 2.5 Employment in the Consulting Engineering Sector ____________________________ 6 2.6 Employment Forecasts ___________________________________________________ 7 2.7 Underspending by Government Results in Lost Employment Opportunities _________ 7 2.8 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) _________________________________ 8

3. Construction Employment; Provincial Overview ___________________________________ 10 4. Composition of Construction Labour Force ______________________________________ 13

4.1 Composition by Gender ________________________________________________ 13 4.2 Youth Employment _____________________________________________________ 13 4.3 Composition by Skills Profile _____________________________________________ 14 4.4 Skills Shortages; Contractors ____________________________________________ 14 4.4 Skills Shortages; Consulting Engineers _____________________________________ 15

5. Wages and Earnings _________________________________________________________ 17

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CIDB CONSTRUCTION MONITOR - EMPLOYMENT; OCTOBER 2016

1. Introduction

The cidb Quarterly Monitors focus on the following themes per quarter: • Quarter 1: Supply & Demand; • Quarter 2: Contractor Development; • Quarter 3: Employment; and • Quarter 4: Empowerment. This cidb Construction Monitor – Employment (Quarter 3) examines employment in the construction industry and the factors affecting employment. Details of employment are obtained from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey1, the Quarterly Employment Statistics2, the cidb SME Business Confidence Survey3 and the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Bi-Annual Economic and Capacity Survey report4. The employment data includes details of formal and informal construction employment, as well as employment at the national and provincial levels.

1 StatsSA (2016). Quarterly Labour Force Survey; July 2016, Publication P0211. Statistic South Africa,

www.statssa.gov.za 2 StatsSA (2016). Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES); June 2016, Publication P0277. Statistic South Africa,

www.statssa.gov.za 3 cidb (2016). cidb SME Business Conditions Survey, Quarter 3 2016, Construction Industry Development Board,

www.cidb .org.za 4 CESA (2015). Biannual Economic and Capacity Survey; July – December 2015. Consulting Engineers South Africa.

www.cesa.co.za

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2. Employment in the Construction Industry; Overview

2.1 Context

South Africa’s unemployment rate currently stands at 26,6%5, and one of main goals that South Africa has set itself in the National Development Plan is to cut the unemployment rate to 6% by 20306. The construction industry is an important player in job creation, not only in the construction sector but in other sectors of the economy. The construction industry uses a wide range of inputs (such as construction materials) from many other industries to produce its goods and services7, and as a result the construction industry also contributes indirectly to the jobs that are created across a number of sectors. Sectors that benefit from construction output include manufacturing, mining, transportation, real estate and business services. In 2016 Rands, the job creation multiplier in the construction alone is around 40 persons per R1 million of investment. According to Stats SA8, total employment in South Africa has risen from 14,2 million to 15,9 million between the period 2009 to 2015 and the construction industry is one of the eight industries that has contributed to this increase by creating 216 000 jobs over this period. The increase in the construction and other industries has however not been enough to accommodate the new entrants in the labour force over this period.

2.2 Employment in the Construction Industry

Since 2008, construction has contributed around 8% to total formal and informal employment in South Africa. (By comparison, construction Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) has accounted for 9,7% on average of GDP between 2008 and 2015.) Trends in infrastructure investment (GFCF) and total formal employment is illustrated in the following figure in which GFCF is shown in real terms (2010 Rands), together with the total formal employment obtained from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). It is seen that the total construction works spend in 2015 amounted to about R303 billion in 2010 Rands (or R396 billion in nominal Rands), and as at 2015Q4 the sector employed 1 004 000 people in the formal sector and a further 434 000 in the informal sector (i.e. total employment of 1 438 000 people). However, by 2016Q2 the sector had however shed labour, and employs around 966 000 people in the formal sector and a further 422 000 in the informal sector (i.e. total employment of 1 388 000 people) – see Section 2.3. The South African economy is currently experiencing low economic growth, and the construction industry is also experiencing a decline, which has resulted in this decline in construction employment.

5 StatsSA (2016). Quarterly Labour Force Survey; July 2016, Publication P0211. Statistic South Africa,

www.statssa.gov.za 6 The Presidency (2012). National Development Plan 2030: Our future -Make it Work National Planning

Commission. nationalplanningcommission.wordpress.com 7 UK Contractors Group (2009). Construction in the UK Economy: The Benefits of Investment, www.ukcg.org.uk 8 StatsSA (2016). Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa, 2015. Statistics South Africa, www.statssa.gov.za

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Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Employment A close correlation between GFCF and employment is observed in the above figure.

2.3 Employment by Industry Sector

Data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) shows that the formal sector (excluding agriculture and private households) employs around 10,9 million people, of which the construction sector accounts for 11% of total employment. The informal sector employs around 2,5 million people, of which the construction industry accounts for 17% of total informal employment. The contribution of the construction sector to informal employment is significant.

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Informal Employment by Industry Sector (excluding agriculture)

For the 2nd Quarter of 2016, 129 000 jobs were lost quarter-on-quarter, the biggest job losses occurred in the community and social services industry (-127 000), other industries that contributed to the job losses are as follows; agriculture (-44 000), transport (-39 000), mining (24 000), trade (-22 000) and finance (-6 000). The industries that had job gains are as follows; manufacturing (67 000), private households (39 000) and construction (25 000). The year-on-year growth in the construction industry’s informal employment is shown in the following figure. Although significant fluctuations are seen on a year-on-year basis, overall there has been a significant growth in informal employment in the construction industry between 2009 and 2015. The job losses in the latter part of 2015 and early 2016 is however clearly seen. The informal sector accounts for around 17% of jobs created. The contribution of the construction sector to informal sector jobs has grown significantly, in 2008Q4 informal sector jobs in construction were 342 000 and at the end of 2016Q2 there were 422 000 people employed in informal sector – an increase of 80 000 jobs in the construction industry informal sector.

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Year-on-year-Growth in Construction Employment Due to the high unemployment rate in South Africa, most people start informal businesses in order to generate income. It is mainly micro businesses that are not VAT registered that participate in the informal sector, in the construction industry these companies would also include the Grade 1 and 2 contractors. The informal sector employment is predominant in rural provinces such as Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape, and lower in the Western Cape, the Register of Contractors also reflects that there are much more Grade 1 and 2 contractors registered in the three above mentioned provinces than in the Western Cape. In terms of skills requirements, the informal sector utilises mostly unskilled and semi-skilled workers.

2.4 Employment Index; Contractors

The cidb SME Employment Index9 obtained from surveying Grades 3 to 8 cidb registered contractors is shown below. Notwithstanding that the QLFS shows a growth in construction employment, the cidb SME Eployment Index shows a negative net balance – i.e. more contracting enterprises surveyed indicated that they are reducing staff than employing staff. The rate of labour shedding has been increasing for both General Building and Civil Engineering contractors but in 2016Q3 there was a significant decrease in the rate of labour shedding for Civil Engineering contractors. The most significant decrease in the rate of labour shedding for Civil Engineering contractors occurred in Grades 7 and 8 (from an index of -38 to -13, i.e. an improvement of 25 points.)

9 cidb (2016). cidb SME Business Condition Survey; Quarter 3. Construction Industry Development Board, October

2016. www.cidb.org.za

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Employment Index (Net Balance): cidb Registered Contractors (Grades 3 to 8)

2.5 Employment in the Consulting Engineering Sector

The provision of professional services such as planning, architecture and design, quantity surveying, project planning and management are part of the construction industry value chain. Occupations in the consulting engineering sector include managers, professionals, technicians and associate professionals and clerical support workers. The Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) currently reflects the majority of the larger consulting enterprises, but many small and micro-enterprises are not members of CESA. As illustrated below, CESA members currently employ around 24 000 people10.

Employment by Members of CESA vs. GFCF

10 CESA (2015). Bi-Annual Economic and Capacity Survey December 2015, at 2015Q4. Consulting Engineers South

Africa. www.cesa.co.za

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Employment by Members of CESA vs. Fee Income

The correlation between employment in the professional services and GFCF and fee income is seen in the figures above.

2.6 Employment Forecasts

The close correlation between GFCF and employment in the contracting and the professional services sectors has been highlighted in Sections 2.2 and 2.6. Of concern is that most economic projections forecast a decline in real terms in GFCF over the short to medium term11 – which will result in job losses over this period. The job losses in the contracting sector could amount to around 50 000 in 2017.

GFCF; Rand (Million) 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016f 2017f 2018f Construction-Total 262 034 275 243 277 887 266 313 248 729 241 213

% change 5,0% 1,0% -4,2% -6,6% -3,0%

Building 102 210 94 507 89 199 87 059 85 608 84 617 % change -7,5% -5,6% -2,4% -1,7% -1,2%

Residential-Building 46 676 45 276 45 728 46 414 46 182 44 796 % change -3,0% 1,0% 1,5% -0,5% -3,0%

Non-residential Building 55 534 49 231 43 471 40 645 39 426 39 820 % change -11,3% -11,7% -6,5% -3,0% 1,0%

Construction Works 159 824 180 736 188 688 179 254 163 121 156 596 % change 13,1% 4,4% -5,0% -9,0% -4,0%

2.7 Underspending by Government Results in Lost Employment Opportunities

An analysis of municipal and provincial capital expenditure for South Africa is given below12, in which the variance against phased linear capital budget is shown for provincial departments and municipalities.

11 Industry Insight (2016). Budget Review 2016, Infrastructure Allocations and the Impact on Construction. Industry

Insight Focus Forum, 16 March 2016 12 cidb (2016). cidb Construction Monitor – Supply and Demand; April 2016. Construction Industry Development

Board. www.cidb.org.za

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Variance Against Capital Budget; Municipalities and Provincial Departments From the analysis of the municipal and provincial expenditure, it can be seen that • as at the end of the 2015/16 provincial financial year (2016Q1), the total underspend by provincial

departments against linear phased budget amounted to around R 494 million; • at the end of the 2015/16 municipal financial year (2016Q2), the total underspend by municipalities

against linear phased budget amounted to around R13,3 billion In total, municipalities and provincial departments under spend by around R14 billion per year, municipalities were the main contributors to the underspending, this results in significant lost employment opportunities.

2.8 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)

The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) was launched in 2004 as one of the policies aimed to reduce unemployment, with a specific focus on women and the youth. The EPWP currently operates in four sectors, namely infrastructure, environment, culture and social and non-state (non-profit organisations and community work). Within the infrastructure sector, work opportunities are created largely through increasing the labour intensity of government funded infrastructure projects. A work opportunity in infrastructure has an average period of four (4) months. It is seen from the table below that the EPWP is currently creating around 439 000 job opportunities in the infrastructure sector per year, or around 140 000 full-time equivalent opportunities13. Noting that total formal and informal employment is construction is currently around 1 400 000, the EPWP accounts for around 10% of total construction employment.

13 DPW (2016). Expanded Public Works Programme Quarterly Report. Department of Public Works. www.epwp.gov.za

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EPWP Work Opportunities in the Infrastructure Sector

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Change 2004-05 109 712 39% 35% 0,4% 2005-06 108 365 38% 49% 0,2% -1% 2006-07 146 974 32% 45% 1,9% 36% 2007-08 250 104 39% 40% 0,8% 70% 2008-09 397 984 46% 36% 1,1% 59% 2009-10 263 457 45% 25% 0,6% -34% 2010-11 277 100 46% 47% 0,1% 5% 2011-12 374 591 47% 49% 0,1% 35% 2012-13 340 676 47% 47% 0,1% -9% 2013-14 391 555 44% 47% 0,3% 15% 2014-15 409 209 49% 50% 0,2% 5% 2015-16 438 675 43% 52% 1,0% 7%

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3. Construction Employment; Provincial Overview

A breakdown of formal and informal employment by province obtained from the StatsSA Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) is given in the table below.

Provincial contribution to construction employment (*1000) yyyyqq SA EC GP KZ WC NC FS MP LP NW

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Of the nine provinces in South Africa, four provinces stand out in terms of their contribution to employment, namely Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and Western Cape which collectively account for around 73% of total formal and informal construction employment. Of these, Gauteng alone accounts for close to 30% of total construction employment. It should also be noted that since 2008, two provinces have had a significant increase in employment, namely Limpopo up by 53% (52 000) and Eastern Cape up by 35% (39 000).

Overview of Construction Spend, 2015

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Provincial contribution to construction employment (%) yyyyqq SA EC GP KZ WC NC FS MP LP NW

2016Q2 100% 11% 28% 16% 15% 2% 4% 8% 11% 6% 2016Q1 2015Q4

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The dominance of Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and Western Cape in terms of construction employment is a direct reflection of the construction spend by province shown below14.

Construction Spend by Province (2015Q2 - 2016Q2) Province Building Civil Total Eastern Cape 6% 16% 10% Gauteng 49% 16% 35% KwaZulu Natal 14% 18% 16% Western Cape 16% 19% 17% Northern Cape 2% 3% 2% Free State 2% 7% 4% Mpumalanga 4% 3% 3% Limpopo 4% 11% 7% North West 3% 8% 5% Total 100% 100% 100%

Quarterly gains and losses in total informal and formal employment by province is given in the table below.

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Total 219 16 64 19 48 8 5 4 43 11 At the end of 2016Q2, 1 388 000 people were employed in the construction industry. Following two consecutive quarter-on-quarter decreases in construction employment, in 2016Q2 employment increased marginally by 2%, but there was also a year-on-year decline of -1%. The quarter-on-quarter increase in employment was due to a substantial increase in North West, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga of 30% (18 000), 23% (6000) and 13% (13 000) respectively, the other provinces, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Gauteng reported marginal increases. There were declines in construction employment that were reported in KwaZulu Natal -9%, Limpopo -7% and the Free State -1%. Of concern is that KwaZulu Natal which is one of the major contributors to construction employment has been experiencing sharp declines in construction employment, with a year on year decline of -16% or -42 000 jobs. Details of employment for the provinces with the major contributions to construction employment in South Africa are shown in the following graphs.

14 Industry Insight (2016). Investment Map Monitor. Industry Insight, October 2016, www.industryinsight.co.za

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4. Composition of Construction Labour Force

4.1 Composition by Gender

The construction industry currently employees around 1 388 million people, of which 90% are male and 10% female15. In comparison with other industries, the construction industry has the highest proportion of male employment. The employment of women in the construction industry has increased by around 30% (from 109 000 to 142 000) from 2008Q1 to 2016Q2. Male representation in the construction industry is high (90%) compared with the industry average of 56% for all industries. Trends in the employment by gender are given below. The breakdown in the composition in employment by gender has remained reasonably consistent over the past 8 years or so, namely around 89% male and 11% female.

Composition of Construction Employment by Gender Male domination is also prevalent in the consulting engineering sector, but employment by gender within CESA member shows some gains from 3,6% in 2008 to 8% in 2015.

4.2 Youth Employment

South Africa’s youth unemployment rate currently stands at 37,5%, of which youth with less than matric account for around 54% of the unemployed youth. As at 2016Q2 6 053 000 young people were employed in South Africa, of which the trade sector is the highest employer of youth which accounted for 24,7%. The construction industry accounted for 9,7% of the youth employed. It should also be noted that most of the youth is mainly employed in the low skilled occupations such as elementary occupations.

15 StatsSA (2016). Quarterly Labour Force Survey; July 2016, Publication P0211. Statistic South Africa,

www.statssa.gov.za

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Distribution of Employed Youth by industry

4.3 Composition by Skills Profile

An estimate breakdown of the labour force profile in the contracting sector is given below, obtained from the 2013 Workplace Skills Plan submissions and the CETA database16.

Occupational Major Group % of Total Managers 10% Professionals 8% Technicians and Associate Professionals 10% Clerical Support Workers 4% Service and Sales Workers 1% Trade Workers 19% Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers 21% Elementary Occupations 28%

It is seen that the semi-, low and unskilled occupations of trade workers, plant and machine operators and assemblers, and elementary occupation account for around 70% of the total construction workforce and only around 28% account for the skilled workers such as managers, professionals, technicians and associate professionals. Of interest is that the construction worker skills profile aligns with the median skills profile of the country, namely 46% of the workforce is semi-skilled and 29% of the workforce is low- and un-skilled.

4.4 Skills Shortages; Contractors

Contractors report that access to skilled labour is becoming a significant constraint to business growth. This is illustrated below where the constraints of access for work and access to skills are compared (weighted index) for General Building (GB) and Civil Engineering (CE) classes of work17. It is seen that access to work opportunities as a constraint is softening, but that access to skills is increasing as a constraint.

16 CETA (2013). Sector Skills Plan Update: 2013/2014. Construction Education and Training Authority, Pretoria. 17 cidb (2016). cidb SME Business Conditions Survey, Quarter 3 2016, Construction Industry Development Board,

www.cidb .org.za

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Constraints to Growth of Contractors; Access to Work and Skills Note that shortage of skills is also driving up the cost of labour, resulting in decreased profit margins for small and medium contractors. Small and medium size emerging contractors are likely to be bearing the brunt of these skills shortages, and are least able to attract and train skilled labour. Notwithstanding this, while shortage of skilled labour is apparent, there is however an oversupply of low and semi-skilled workers. Access to skilled labour is a constraint for the growth of small and medium contractors, but it is currently not a significant constraint as it was in 2008 when the construction industry was at its peak. Rather, contractors are currently experiencing that access to work is the most significant constraint to their growth.

4.4 Skills Shortages; Consulting Engineers

According to Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) the CESA member organisations are reporting that they are experiencing difficulties in their recruitment for engineers and technical occupations18. The percentage of firms experiencing difficulties in recruiting engineers has decreased significantly from 74% in 2015Q2 to around 47%, as shown below.

18 CESA (2015). Biannual Economic and Capacity Survey; July – December 2015. Consulting Engineers South Africa.

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5. Wages and Earnings

The average earnings of employees in the formal sector of the Construction Industry in Q2 of 2016 were R13 215 per month, obtained from the Quarterly Employment Statistics19 (QES). The earnings in the construction industry were marginally lower than the average earnings for all industries which was R18 045.

Average Monthly Earnings, Including Bonuses and Overtime Payments, by Industry

19 StatsSA (2016). Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES), June 2016, Publication P0277. Statistic South Africa,

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21,954

15,920

35,695

13,215

12,058

21,818

18,982

22,000

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000

Mining and quarrying

Manufacturing

Electricity, gas and water supply

Construction

Wholesale and retail; repair of motorvehicles, motor cycles and personal…

Transport, storage and communication

Financial intermediation, insurance,real estate and business services

Community, social and personalservices

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