Subscribe & Follow
Trending
Advertise your job vacancies
Jobs
- Graphic Designer/E-Commerce retail design Johannesburg
- Intern/Junior Account Manager Johannesburg
- Administrative Assistant Cape Town
- Senior Copywriter Johannesburg
- Debtors Controller Johannesburg
- Senior Sponsorship Executive Bryanston
- Senior Human Resources Executive Cape Town
- Road and Store Supervisor Pretoria
- Clinical Auditor Cape Town
- Routine Road Maintenance: Patrol Driver Tshwane
Marine engineering roundtable debates skills gap
Engineering leaders convened at the start of London International Shipping Week (LISW) for a roundtable discussion on the extent of the industry's skill shortage.
The event was one of the first to bring together representatives from the United Kingdom's naval and defence, commercial, leisure, shipping and offshore sectors. A key topic of debate was the first look at survey results polling 500 hiring authorities, which confirmed 93% believe they are working in a skill gap market.
The event and survey were co-ordinated by The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) in partnership with leading engineering recruitment agency, Matchtech. Key survey talking points included:
The research and roundtable discussion confirmed that the skills shortage is a key unifying pressure across a traditionally fragmented industry. There are over 5,000 maritime engineering companies that employ nearly 90,000 people in UK. 89% of survey respondents recruited candidates last year, with 47% looking to increase job opportunities this year.
Continue reading the full story on www.bairdmaritime.com.
Related
Critical skills visa: A solution to South Africa's brain drain? 12 Mar 2025 Skills training required for rural shopping centres to succeed 24 Feb 2025 Local buyer pays R4.5m for a rare Audi, with proceeds supporting SA youth 11 Nov 2024 Welding competition winners show rare skills in real economy 29 Oct 2024 Brain drain isn't the only force behind skills shortage 29 Sep 2023 #FOE2023: Curriculum is standing in the way of progress 6 Jul 2023
