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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1988
WORKFORCE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DECLINES
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A VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL SURVEY HAS FOUND THAT
CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY WORKFORCE IN THE BUILDING AND FROM 87,000 IN MARCH 1985 TO 84,000 IN MARCH 1987.
THE TOTAL DECREASED
YEARS HAS CREATED AN THE FOUR PER CENT REDUCTION WITHIN TWO ACUTE SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER AT THE OPERATIVE AND GENERAL WORKER LEVELS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE INDUSTRY BEGAN TO RECOVER IN 1986, A THE SURVEY SAID.
REPORT ON
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMENTING ON THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, THE
BOARD, MR COUNCIL'S BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TRAINING
SEMI-SKILLED AND, IN JOHN H.P. LOK, SAID MANY SKILLED,
PARTICULAR, OF THE ECONOMY DURING UNSKILLED WORKERS HAD LEFT FOR OTHER SECTORS THE RECESSION IN THE INDUSTRY BETWEEN 1983 AND 1985.
"SINCE
VERY FEW OF THEM HAVE
ALSO EMPLOYERS
YOUNG BECAUSE
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ΤΟ RETURNED
THE
IN
JOBS
IN
THEN, TRADES. CONSTRUCTION
EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTIES PEOPLE DO NOT RECRUITS GETTING NEW
FIND
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVE, MR LOK SAID.
WORKERS AT ALL LEVELS RISING EXPECTATION FOR PROJECTS AND MORE STRINGENT
"NEVERTHELESS, THE DEMAND FOR TRAINED WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN VIEW OF THE RAPIDLY
IN CONSTRUCTION HIGHER STANDARDS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.'
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SURVEY REPORT THAT THE
TECHNICIANS 1,100
THE BOARD ESTINATED IN THE WOULD NEED AT LEAST 410 TECHNOLOGISTS, CRAFTSMEN ANNUALLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UP TO 1993.
INDUSTRY AND 2,500
MR LOK CALLED ON EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE PROPER TRAINING RECRUITS AS WELL AS UPGRADING TRAINING FOR EXISTING WORKERS TO THE INDUSTRY HAS A WELL TRAINED WORKFORCE.
CONSIDERED THAT
THAT
WAS
THE
FOR NEW ENSURE
ONLY MEANS
OF
THE BOARD ALLEVIATING THE ADVERSE MANPOWER SITUATION FACING THE INDUSTRY.
REPORT ON THE BUILDING AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
THE 1987 MANPOWER SURVEY ENGINEERING INDUSTRY IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE AT $16 A COPY.
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