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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1987

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FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY NEEDS BETTER TRAINED WORKERS

INDUSTRY

IS MOVING

THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL REPORTS THAT THE GROWING FOOTWEAR UPMARKETS AND THUS REQUIRES A MORE SKILLED WORKFORCE.

A SURVEY

REPORT

THAT

MANY SHOE

BOARD THE

IN NOTED MANUFACTURERS HAD MOVED UPMARKET BY PRODUCING HIGHER QUALITY PRODUCTS, PARTICULARLY LADIES FASHION SHOES.

A

BETTER TRAINED

WORKFORCE, PERSONNEL

ESPECIALLY SUPERVISION,

THOSE FOR

WAS ESSENTIAL

DESIGN,

ΤΟ

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND

SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY'S SHOE BRANCH.

SHOE BRANCH, THE BOARD FORECAST THAT THE PER CENT OF THE INDUSTRY'S TOTAL WORKFORCE, STEADILY.

WHICH EMPLOYED 84 WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW

URGED

EXERT TECHNICIAN TRAINING SCHEMES.

AND THE BOARD TECHNICIANS WERE KEY PERSONNEL IN THE INDUSTRY

PROPER TO EMPLOYERS

IN ORGANISING EFFORTS GREATER

THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED LAST NOVEMBER, RECORDED THAT

TRAINEES

RECEIVING ONLY 13

AND APPRENTICES TRAINING. THIS NUMBER FELL FAR SHORT OF INDUSTRY, THE BOARD SAID.

THERE WERE APPROPRIATE PRACTICAL THE MANPOWER NEEDS OF THE

TWO

AT LEAST THE BOARD ESTIMATED THAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD TRAIN

50

240 CRAFTSMEN AND

OPERATIVES 15 TECHNICIANS, TECHNOLOGISTS,

СОРВ WITH THE MODEST ANNUALLY TO REPLACE THE AGEING WORKERS AND TO GROWTH OF THE WHOLE INDUSTRY.

MANPOWER

OF THE 1983 TO 7,500 IN SOFT SOLE AND CENT AND SEVEN

THE SURVEY ALSO NOTED

THE OVERALL THAT INDUSTRY HAD DROPPED SLIGHTLY FROM ABOUT 7,800 IN 1986, DUE TO THE DECLINE OF THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES IN RUBBER SHOES. THESE EMPLOYED, RESPECTIVELY, NINE PER PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE.

THE MANPOWER

ON PUBLICATIONS

CONTAINING DETAIL DESCRIPTIONS AND STATISTICS OF

MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT SITUATION OF THE INDUSTRY, THE 1986

AT AVAILABLE

THE GOVERNMENT FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY IS NOW SALES CENTRE IN CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $15 A COPY.

THE

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