The final Research Insight from the Ai Group Centre for Education and Training's 2024 Skills and Workforce Survey shows that Technicians and Trades workers are in high demand and increasingly hard to find.
Key findings include:
- 77% of businesses surveyed reported an increased need for Technicians and Trades skills, and 79% said they were having difficulty finding or training staff to meet this need.
- 69% of the businesses surveyed reported an increased need for Managers, with 58% having difficulty finding or training staff to meet this need. 66% reported an increased skill need in relation to Professionals.
- To meet their skill needs over the next 12 months, 77% of businesses surveyed intend to re-skill existing staff on the job, 63% said they would employ experienced people.
The other Research Insights in the series are available here:
