Navigating the skills gap with safety in mind

Posted on 1 Nov 2023 by The Manufacturer

Manufacturing companies are facing heightened pressure to fill skills gaps as quickly as possible. Here, Richard Stockley, Managing Director at expert H&S training provider RRC International, discusses the dangers of neglecting training in the rush for new talent.

It’s 2023 and the skills shortage shows no sign of slowing down. At present, over 38,000 of the 91,682 vacancies in the manufacturing sector are due to skills shortages. This is a massive increase from 2017, where in comparison 16,000 vacancies were a knock-on effect of the skills gap. The manufacturing industry faces the challenge…

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