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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1990

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VACANCIES AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES

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AT BUILDING

AND

OF

AT

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED CONSTRUCTION

NUMBER SITES IN MARCH 1990 WAS 74,177 AND THE TOTAL VACANCIES WAS 3,047, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF VACANCIES CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SURVEY COVERED SOME 424 PUBLIC SECTOR SITES AND 921 PRIVATE SECTOR SITES WHICH WERE ACTIVE IN MARCH 1990.

THE VACANCY RATE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES EXPRESSED AS ENGAGED A PERCENTAGE OF THE SUM TOTAL OF THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, WAS 3.9 PER CENT IN MARCH 1990.

OF WERE

THE

THE 3,047 VACANCIES REPORTED FROM

SITES ENUMERATED,

SECTOR IN PRIVATE 2,235

FOUND IN PUBLIC SECTOR SITES AND 812

SECTOR SITES. THE VACANCY RATES FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SITES WERE RESPECTIVELY 7.0 PER CENT AND 1.8 PER CENT.

A SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS IS GIVEN IN THE TABLE BELOW :

PUBLIC SECTOR SITES

PRIVATE SECTOR SITES

TOTAL

PER SITE

NO. OF ACTIVE SITES NO. OF MANUAL WORKERS AVERAGE NO. OF WORKERS

NO. OF VACANCIES

424 29,652

921 44,525

1,345 74.177

69.9

48.3

55.2

2,235

812

3,047

AVERAGE NO. OF VACANCIES

PER SITE

5.3

0.9

2.3

VACANCY RATE (PER CENT)

7.0

1.8

3. 9

WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989, THERE WERE DECREASES IN BOTH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND THE VACANCY RATE. IN MARCH 1989, THE PER TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES WAS 5,715 AND THE VACANCY RATE WAS 7.3 CENT.

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT POINTED A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND OUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN DEFINING AND OBTAINING ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, DUE NOTE SHOULD BE TAKEN OF THE DEFINITION OF VACANCY ADOPTED AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SURVEY WHEN INTERPRETING THE SURVEY RESULTS.

THE

IMMEDIATELY BEING TAKEN TO

IN THE SURVEY, VACANCIES REFER TO THOSE UNFILLED, AVAILABLE JOB OPENINGS FOR WHICH ACTIVE STEPS ARE RECRUIT THE WORKERS. THIS DEFINITION IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT IN OTHER SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

ADOPTED

/"HOWEVER, IT