Auto industry faces shortage of skilled manpower

[Naveed Yaseen]

ISLAMABAD: The auto industry of the country has been facing a severe shortage of skilled manpower, Auto Industry Development Committee on Human Resources said.

During its meeting held here on Friday, the committee observed that the training institutes of the country were producing only 0.2 to 0.3 million skilled manpower annually, while the requirement of the industry was more than one million.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sikandar Mustafa Khan, Chairman, Millat Group of Companies to identify level of skills required for the industry, said a press release by the Engineering Development Board.

On the occasion, Dr Abid Ghumman, DG, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, NUST gave a presentation on Human Resource Development for Auto Parts Manufacturers, it added.

He underlined the importance of training needs of the senior executives in addition to workers and supervisors, adding that four Universities were presenting various types of training courses for Senior Management of the industry but the response from the industry was not encouraging.

The representative of NAVTEC informed the meeting that they were conducting a comprehensive institute-wise survey for collecting data about training facilities in the country. The committee also reviewed the progress made on the decision taken in the earlier meeting.

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