Engineering skills gap ‘not improving’ & apprentices call for greater awareness in schools

Posted on 30 Jan 2024 by The Manufacturer

Four in 10 project managers who work in engineering think the skills gap in their sector is either getting worse or not improving, while over half believe apprenticeships are the best way to fix the problem, a new survey by the Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession, has found.

Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (February 5-11), APM surveyed over 1,000 project management professionals in several UK sectors including engineering in the poll carried out by national research company Censuswide. When asked if they thought the skills gap was getting better or worse in their sector, 41% of the engineering project managers said it…

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