F DAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1988
VACANCIES AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES
WORKERS ENGAGED ON BUILDING AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MANUAL
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SITES IN MARCH 1988 WAS 74,126 AND THE
ΤΟ ACCORDING
AT SURVEY VACANCIES WAS 6,003,
A NEW
OF VACANCIES CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
SECTOR
SITES AND 877 THE
THE SURVEY COVERED SOME 395 PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR SITES WHICH WERE ACTIVE IN MARCH 1988. FINDINGS OF SURVEY WERE RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE VACANCY RATE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER
OF TOTAL
OF VACANCIES EXPRESSED THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE SUM ENGAGED AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, WAS 7.5 PER CENT IN MARCH 1988.
ENUMERATED, IN PRIVATE SECTOR
REPORTED FROM THE SITES OF THE 6,003 VACANCIES 4,708 WERE FOUND IN PUBLIC SECTOR SITES AND 1,295 SITES.
SECTOR PUBLIC
AND
THE VACANCY RATES FOR THE SITES WERE RESPECTIVELY 14.2 PER CENT AND 2.8 PER CENT.
PRIVATE
SECTOR
A SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS IS GIVEN IN THE TABLE BELOW:
PUBLIC SECTOR SITES
PRIVATE SECTOR SITES
TOTAL
NO. OF ACTIVE SITES
395
877
1272
NO. OF MANUAL WORKERS
28.342
45,784
74,126
AVERAGE NO. OF WORKERS PER SITE
71.8
52.2
58.3
NO. OF VACANCIES
4,708
1,295
6,003
AVERAGE NO. OF VACANCIES PER SITE
11.9
1.5
4.7
VACANCY RATE (%)
14.2
2.8
7.5
SAID THE STATISTICS. SINCE MARCH
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
AND VACANCY EMPLOYMENT BEEN DEPARTMENT HAS
PUBLISHING COVERING THE MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS 1976.
VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION NOT AVAILABLE. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUCH CONDUCTED A SPECIAL SURVEY
OF
SITES WERE, HOWEVER, STATISTICS, THE DEPARTMENT
SITES VACANCIES AT CONSTRUCTION
IN
MARCH 1988.
IT IS
INTENDED
ΤΟ
REPEAT
THE
IN SURVEY
EVERY
MARCH
AND
SEPTEMBER IN FUTURE.
/IN THE