Projections are that for the five year period between 2015-2020 there will be a shortfall of 70,000 workers in the sectors of construction, logistics, tourism and agriculture.
According to the National Competitiveness Center, in the specified period there will be a shortage of workers especially in the logistics sector, where they will need at least 35,000 technicians, ie 49.5%, while in the construction area demand will be for around 28,000 people, representing 40.3%. In the case of the tourism sector it is estimated that it will require approximately 4,113 technicians, ie 5.7% and in agriculture about 3,203, the remaining 4.5%.
In the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica a bill is being discussed which would impose compulsory licensing for IT and computing professionals.
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The bill that seeks reform of Law No. 7,537, Organic Law of the Association of Professionals in Information Technology and Computing has been ruled on positively in the Commission which is studying it. The bill states that "any person who works as a computer technician or computer operator must be incorporated into the School of Information Technology and Computing Professionals (CPIC)."
The government has announced that it expects to invest $400 million in the construction of six technical training centers in areas related to ports, logistics, agriculture, tourism and engineering.
The dynamics of business in Panama in sectors such as logistics and customer service, have increased the demand for qualified personnel for these functions. According to the Inter-American Development Bank, 50% of companies in Panama were not able to find the human resources they needed to hire.
The government and the private sector are preparing a plan to provide technical training to one thousand Panamanians per year in areas such as logistics, trading, freight and customer service.
An assessment made by the Ministry of Labor and Development of the Workforce in conjunction with 20 productive sectors concluded that "... Although there is a positive trend in employment generation, reaching an average of 8.1% annually, domestic firms have been limited in their efforts to fill vacancies. "
The HKND dealership has announced that it requires 50,000 domestic workers for the project and that the more specialized positions will be filled by Chinese professionals.
In a presentation on the project to the representatives of trade unions in the country, the Chinese company HKND noted that "...
With the training of 8000 construction workers the guild seeks to improve the quality of the workforce and prepare to meet the demand from projects announced by the government and private industry.
The worker training sessions will be conducted jointly by the Nicaraguan Chamber of Construction (NCC) and the Technological Institute (Inatec), and will begin with the training of 8000 workers over a period of 4 months.
The government aims to restructure the institute by investing in new equipment and improving facilities, beginning with the construction of a water treatment plant.
The first phase includes the construction of the treatment plant, adaptation of laboratories and building a new one dedicated to biotechnology.
In Costa Rica a proposal has been made to implement free zone regimes linked to universities with internship programs in companies.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica plans to implement free zone models in Guanacaste linked to universities such as the Earth and Invenio Universities, both located in areas which are far away from the greater metropolitan area. The plan by Minister Alexander Mora is to promote the attraction of investment in these areas offering the benefits of a free trade area linked to access to skilled labor.
The country's labor problems could be solved by developing an immigration policy that allows skilled foreign workers to work and also train panamanians.
In his opinion piece Rene Quevedo notes the difficulties facing the Panamanian labor market due to a lack of national technical professionals and because of a preference for adult workers over young people with little experience and training.
There has been a rise in the number of firms reporting difficulties in recruiting qualified staff, especially technicians, engineers and sales managers.
In one year the number of companies who said they found it difficult to fill vacancies grew by 11%, according to figures from a survey carried out by the human resources firm Manpower, which states that "... five out of 10 employers looking for talent have had difficulties filling vacancies in 2014. "
Industrialists in Costa Rica have asked for the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje to be converted into a non-state public entity led by the sectors that fund it.
The proposal is part of an action plan to be submitted by employers from industry to government in the Congress on Industrial Policy, to be held on July 17 at the Crowne Corobicí hotel in San José.
In Costa Rica two bills are proposing mandatory enrollment in professional colleges for anyone performing any computing task.
In his article in Elfinancierocr.com, Juan Carlos Hidalgo highlights the nonsense that these bills represent, one of which even attempts to penalize "with imprisonment of three months to two years, anyone who pursues a profession for which special training is required without having obtained the corresponding authorization. "
The economic growth which will be generated by the canal expansion will increase the demand for skilled workers in the logistics industry.
Foreign trade, port planning and management, border management and maritime transport are some of the sectors that require skilled labor in the coming years in Panama.
The industrial sector has proposed a bill so that the National Training Institute can make more efficient use of budgetary resources.
The proposal would allow the Chamber of Industries National Training Institute (INA by its initials in Spanish) to invest resources not only in new buildings but also in buying new equipment and hiring qualified people to teach.
A lack of specialized technical personnel in manufacturing is raising business costs and reducing productivity.
The lack of staff qualified to repair machinery is not only raising costs but is also creating additional delays, causing a decrease in customers and jeopardizing business continuity. It is estimated that the poor repair of machines makes operating costs of enterprises up to 20% more expensive.
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