Skills shortage and ageing workforce mean engineering construction 'needs new talent' |
Andrew Hockey, CEO of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), said the sector desperately “needs new talent”, with the region’s workforce forecasted to increase by 12pc in the next five years.
ECITB scholars welding at REAGIT in Norwich (Image: ECITB)
But the industry is facing a skills shortage, with 60pc of employers in the East experiencing challenges hiring skilled workers, and more than a third of the area's workforce now over 50.
“As one of the core industrial cluster hot spots, the East of England already employs large numbers........