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Tuesday, June 20, 1972

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES MANPOWER SURVEY

A second manpower survey of the electrical apparatus and appliances

industry is to be held from July 3 to July 22 to up-date information on

training requirements and to make new

to the government and industry.

recommendations, where necessary,

The survey will be conducted by the Electrical Apparatus and

Appliances Industrial Committee, one of the 10 associated industrial

committees of the Industrial Training Advisory Committee, with assistance

from the Labour Department.

The first manpower survey was held in December 1968 and the

committee subsequently published its findings and recommendations in

September last year. At the time of the first survey there were 16,637

manual workers in the industry and 203 factories or firms registered or

recorded with the Labour Department, excluding electrical wiring contractors.

In March, 1972 the corresponding figures were 19,520 and 330, and in view

of these changes it was decided to conduct the second manpower survey.

The information required from employers will include the number

of workers employed at present; the number of workers receiving training;

the number of vacancies; and a forecast of the total number of workers

required by July 1973.

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