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Employers Voice72 Significant Challenges
• Salary/pay inflation rates affecting staff retention
• The continuity of contracts
• The lack of qualified labour
• Replacement demand due to retiring staff
Recruitment Difficulties
• Difficulty in recruiting construction commercial staff (QS)
• Difficulty in recruiting qualified plater fabricators
Work Readiness of New Entrants
Drivers of Change
• The short term outlook taken by the industry when forward planning
• Inward investment (especially in tidal energy) • Skills shortages and the need to further
investigate alternative approaches to building
Barriers to Training
• Real life experience is needed due to low margins and precision required on projects
• With several major infrastructure projects in the pipeline within the region there is no provision available for Groundworks/Civil Engineering operative training.
• General consensus that entrants are not always work ready
• Pay expectations do not match productivity levels
3.3.3 Digital/Information & Communication Technology
Please see Sectors at a Glance for full illustration.
The ICT sector is of significant importance within both the UK and the region of south west and mid Wales. As well as supporting a significant number of individuals in employment the sector supports comparatively high wages;
‘In 2015, the average gross weekly earnings for all full time staff working in the tech industries was 37% higher than the all industry average.’73
72 RLSP Large Company Survey & electronic survey (April- June 2016)
73 https://www.thetechpartnership.com/globalassets/pdfs/research-2016/datasheet_techindustry_march16.pdf
Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales Aspirational Economy