WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1989
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY SHORT OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN
THE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IS EXPERIENCING A SHORTAGE OF CRAFTSMEN DUE TO THE GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VEHICLES, A VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL SURVEY HAS FOUND.
STATISTICS COLLECTED
IN MAY 1988 SHOWED THAT WORKFORCE IN THE INDUSTRY HAD INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY TWO YEAR TO 12,600 SINCE 1986.
THE TOTAL PER CENT A
WERE 1,600
EMPLOYERS OF THE INDUSTRY ALSO REPORTED THERE VACANCIES OF WHICH 1,400 WERE AT CRAFTSMAN LEVEL, WHICH WAS EQUIVALENT TO 12 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE.
IT IS ALSO NOTED IN THE SURVEY THAT AN ADDITIONAL OF 1,800 WORKERS WITH 1,600 OF THEM CRAFTSMEN WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE INDUSTRY IN THE 12 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE SURVEY.
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE COUNCIL WHICH CONDUCTED THE SURVEY ATTRIBUTED THE SHORTAGE ΤΟ THE UPTURN IN BUSINESS AND THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GRADUATING APPRENTICES TO THE RECESSION BETWEEN 1982 TO 1986.
DUB
THE POPULATION OF BOTH PRIVATE CARS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW AT A MODERATE RATE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN VIEW OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS, INCREASED AFFLUENCE OF PEOPLE AND THEIR ASPIRATION OF OWNING CARS, AND THE SUSTAINED GROWTH IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES BOTH WITHIN THE TERRITORY AND ACROSS THE BORDER.
THE BOARD PROJECTED THAT THE DEMAND FOR SKILLED MANPOWER AT ALL LEVELS IN THE INDUSTRY WOULD REMAIN STEADY IN THE YEARS UP TO 1994.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE MANPOWER SITUATION OF THE INDUSTRY IS CONTAINED IN THE 1988 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT $17.50 A COPY.
MARCH SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL BEING CONDUCTED
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING THE MARCH 1989 ROUND OF THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL IN MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY.
THE SURVEY COVERS ABOUT 120,000 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH ARE DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SECTORS.
THESE INCLUDE