MONDAY, MAY 23, 1988
7
UP-MARKET JEWELLERY INDUSTRY SHORT OF SKILLED WORKERS: SURVEY
TIME
CONTINUE THE HIGH DEMAND FOR SKILLED JEWELLERY CRAFTSMEN WOULD TO EXIST FOR SOME YEARS ESPECIALLY AT A
WHEN THE INDUSTRY 19 VOCATIONAL TRAINING MOVING UP MARKET, ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF A COUNCIL SURVEY.
OF
IN A SURVEY REPORT RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY), THE COUNCIL'S JEWELLERY INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD NOTED THAT THE REMARKABLE GROWTH
YEARS HAD RESULTED JEWELLERY EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC SALES IN THE PAST IN AN ACUTE SHORTAGE OF SKILLED JEWELLERY WORKERS AT CRAFTSMAN LEVEL.
THERE WERE ABOUT
THE SURVEY RECORDED THAT IN JUNE LAST YEAR, 1,100 VACANCIES IN THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY WHICH EMPLOYED 7.800 TECHNICAL WORKERS.
A TOTAL OF
THEY WOULD REQUIRE A
EMPLOYERS INDICATED IN THE SURVEY THAT LARGE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SKILLED CRAFTSMEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THAT THE
INDUSTRY
HAD
THE BOARD ALSO NOTED
BEEN GRADUALLY SOME INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED EUROPEAN FIRMS MOVING UP MARKET WITH SETTING UP JOINT VENTURES IN HONG KONG.
TAKING
ACCOUNT
THE CONTINUING
EXPORT
GROWTH
OF THE TRAIN ABOUT YEAR FROM CRAFTSMANSHIP AND
OF INDUSTRY, THE BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT THE INDUSTRY SHOULD EIGHT TECHNOLOGISTS, 60 TECHNICIANS AND 800 CRAFTSMEN EACH NOW ON TO COPE WITH THE DEMAND OF HIGH STANDARD OF PRODUCTIVITY.
RECOMMENDED TRAINING
CRAFTSMAN
AND
THE BOARD HAS ALSO PUBLISHED A MANUAL OF PROGRAMMES FOR 14 PRINCIPAL JOBS AT TECHNICIAN, OPERATIVE LEVELS IN THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY.
THE MANUAL IS DRSIGNED TO SERVE AS GUIDELINES FOR EMPLOYERS DRAWING UP TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
IN
THE SURVEY REPORT AND THE MANUAL, AT $10 AND $10.50
SALE AT NOW AVAILABLE FOR
THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
EACH, ARE CENTRE
AT
/8