Aviation industry needs skilled workers. Are you game?

Specifically, the Maintenance, Repairing and Overhaul (MRO) service industry, which is part of the whole big Aviation sector that needs lots of skilled worker, according to Bernama news agency.

In its report, it noted that the global Maintainence, Repairing and Overhaul (MRO) services industry is forecast to worth US$65 billion (RM195.3
billion) by 2020.

And the industry was identified by the government as a profitable industry and
could be one of the “black horses to steer the nation into achieving a high-income nation status”.

The report also said that the Economic Transformation Programme Laboratories expects the Entry Point Projects, listed under the MRO section, to create 21,000 extra jobs and contribute an additional US$4.2 billion (RM12.62 billion) by 2020.

It also quoted Malaysian Aviation Training Academy’s Chief Executive Officer Sulaiman Dahlan, in an interview with Bernama recently, as saying that a Ministry of Human Resources survey revealed that Malaysia needed over 16,000 aircraft engineers a year, but in the last 15 years, only 3,000 licensed engineers were churned out.

He said the vocation was not being promoted efficiently, thus, causing alack of awareness from the public on how important the requirement needs to be fulfilled.

Time to reconsider which industry you want to be in.

Skilled workers, where art thou?

We need skilled workers and soon, according to the Human Resources Ministry. Bernama agency recently quoted its minister Datuk. Dr. S. Subramaniam as saying that.

We need skilled workers to compete with high-income Asian nations like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore.

He said since about 3.3 million new jobs would be created under the Economic Transformation Programme (of which 60% would be in the high-skill category), there was an urgent need for skilled workers.

"Unfortunately, of the 9.8 million total workforce in the country, only 28% are employed in high-skilled jobs. Achieving the status of a developed nation requires the support of highly skilled and a competent workforce," he was quoted as saying in that report.

Dr Subramaniam said as an incentive for employers to send their employees for training under the 1Malaysia Training programme, the Government would reimburse 20% of the course fee into employers' levy accounts after completion of their training.

He said the Government had allocated RM500mil for upgrading skills of workers under the 10th Malaysia Plan (2011-2015).

On the same note, he said the National Minimum Wage Consultative Council Act would be tabled at the next Dewan Rakyat sitting.

The council would be able to coordinate the salary of workers in the private sector once the Act comes into force.