WOBO recognises and supports the need for professional qualifications within the built environment.

A recent survey has found that two-thirds of employees believe that studying for professional qualifications enhances their career.

The survey of 4,000 UK professionals asked the following questions:

• Do you feel that studying for professional qualifications within your industry is worth the effort?
• Has your level of qualification affected your ability to apply for a job – either positively or negatively?
• What is your preferred source of learning for knowledge that is valuable to your job?

This survey was open to anyone to respond and encompassed respondents from all backgrounds, so long as they had experience of studying for qualifications for use at work. The key findings are as follows.

• Over two in three respondents (67%) agreed that studying for professional qualifications within their industry was worth the effort.
• Nearly half of respondents (49%) believed that their level of qualification helped them to get the career role that they wanted.
• A sizable minority of respondents (18%) were held back from getting the role that they wanted due to their lack of qualifications.
• The most popular method of learning was on-the-job learning, at 36% of respondents.