ON COURSE: Education Special: Think of a Career You Can Build on; the Construction Industry Is One of Britain's Largest Employers and It Keeps on Growing

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ALL of us live in a building - we get up in the morning, switch on the light, the kettle, step into the shower, listen to the radio.

Then we head off for the day - by road or other transport to offices, schools, colleges and other premises.

And although we rarely pause to think in these terms it is the construction industry that has built up the communities where we all live.

Just imagine how dull the landscape would be without structures such as the Glasgow Science Centre on the banks of the Clyde or the amazing Falkirk Wheel.

One in 14 people in the UK work in construction and it's an industry - one of Britain's largest - that is looking for new …