Employability and Unemployment continues to be dire issues that Nigerian youth are
faced with daily in a saturated employment market. Whereas, the use of workintegrated
learning can help bridge the gap by increasing employability skills among
students. The study examined the benefits of having a work-integrated learning (WIL)
program for students in the construction field. Therefore, the study developed a
framework for improving employability skills through a web-based work integrated
learning database for construction students. Using a system block diagram, use case
diagram and activity diagram, the study illustrated the functional requirement needed
for the development of the WIL platform. The WIL platform is a web-based system
pooling submission of available WIL positions from employers in construction
businesses and former WIL students in order for prospective WIL students to access
possible openings where they can learn in a workplace environment. The methodology
of this research includes using the combination of HTML, CSS and the C-Sharp
programming language for the interface design and server side scripting while MySQL
was the database platform used for storing and retrieving the data used for the
application. In conclusion, the study designed a WIL platform for construction
students. The use of the WIL platform is intended to encourage employability of
construction students by ensuring that they are adequately engaged in a work place
training