webfact Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 EEC needs additional 30,000 workers BANGKOK, 31 May 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Labor will present to cabinet members a strategy to produce more skilled workers for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) within two months. A recent survey found that about 30,000 technical nd vocational workers are still required in the EEC, which covers the three eastern provinces of Chachoengsao, Chonburi, and Rayong. The Labor Minister, Pol. Gen. Adul Sangsingkeo, said his ministry is drafting the plan to produce more skilled workers in the short run, after a number of investors expressed their concern about the inadequacy of a sufficiently skilled workforce. Pol. Gen. Adul said one solution would be for the EEC to develop its own skilled workers by upgrading the level of vocational education in the three provinces. He said another solution would involve setting up training courses to upgrade the skill levels of existing workers. -- nnt 2018-05-31 The plan is now being developed by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Education. After the plan has been drafted, the Ministry of Labor will set up public hearings with local communities before making a presentation to the cabinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 The Government needs to look sharp if foreign investment isn't to be stalled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 What the hell is a skilled worker??? Never heard that kinda baby talk expression before I came to Thailand. After that I also seen special centers with signs like "Skill Improvement School" and so on. That just cement the fact. People learn nothing in school, and need an extra facility to reach the point of another nothing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 According to recent news, the production of skilled workers in Thailand was about 6000 per year. Due to that the department where they are needed now, will not need less in the future. That will mean it will take another 5 years to produce these so called skilled workers. Ok, they will speed it up. Let´s say 4 years and 10 month then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) "his ministry is drafting the plan to produce more skilled workers in the short run, after a number of investors expressed their concern about the inadequacy of a sufficiently skilled workforce." Whereas there is more, much more, than a "sufficiency" of unskilled workers. Edited May 30, 2018 by Enoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doremifasol Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Two months? Give me a break........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Samui Bodoh Posted May 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, webfact said: A recent survey found that about 30,000 technical nd vocational workers are still required in the EEC, which covers the three eastern provinces of Chachoengsao, Chonburi, and Rayong. If it is accurate that 30,000 skilled workers are needed in the EEC now, it is unlikely that they will get them soon. It is difficult to know precisely what is meant by a skilled worker in this particular context, but a rule of the thumb in skills development (internationally) is that you need 2-5 years to really impart a superior skill-set to an individual or group. And, in the meantime, the number 30,000 will rise considerably; if there is a need for 30,000 now, assuming a modicum of success, there will be a demand for twice that in 1-3 years. The true danger here is that the Thai government/Junta would allow other countries (China especially) to import workers; have a look at parts of Africa and Sri Lanka to see what happens in that situation. The effects of allowing large-scale importation of foreign workers, especially Chinese, is ugly... Edited May 30, 2018 by Samui Bodoh Lack of coffee 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chippy151 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 42 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said: If it is accurate that 30,000 skilled workers are needed in the EEC now, it is unlikely that they will get them soon. It is difficult to know precisely what is meant by a skilled worker in this particular context, but a rule of the thumb in skills development (internationally) is that you need 2-5 years to really impart a superior skill-set to an individual or group. And, in the meantime, the number 30,000 will rise considerably; if there is a need for 30,000 now, assuming a modicum of success, there will be a demand for twice that in 1-3 years. The true danger here is that the Thai government/Junta would allow other countries (China especially) to import workers; have a look at parts of Africa and Sri Lanka to see what happens in that situation. The effects of allowing large-scale importation of foreign workers, especially Chinese, is ugly... Maybe if the locals took education and training more seriously, this wouldn't happen. So much talk about skilled workers needed for Thailand's "booming" economy. Where will they find enough skilled workers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 1 hour ago, webfact said: EEC needs additional 30,000 workers So the EEC needs 30,000 skilled workers? Surely they jest! A few years back a Japanese agency made the observation that Thailand was expected to produce 67,000 vocational graduates over 10 years but of those 67,000 only 3,100 or 4.5% of them of them could meet labour standards and get a job. Fat chance of Thailand finding 30,000 skilled workers. This is payback for the disgraceful education system that Thailand has had for decades; thanks mainly to the visionless and feeble-minded Education Department senior bureaucrats and politicians. So it looks like more skilled foreign workers are needed to fill these jobs while unskilled Thai workers go on the unemployed scrapheap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anak Nakal Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Thailand not have extra 30,000 good worker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bowman Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 They need additional workers to make more carved figurines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) There's plenty of skilled foreign labor to do the jobs that Thais don't want to do and can't do. Given Thailand mediocre educational system, finding 'skilled' labor is going to be a problem. Time to change the Immigration restrictions for the sake of economic development, 'eh? Edited May 31, 2018 by connda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 There is a huge reservoir of potential workers. Just conscript the crooks on 'inactive posts'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Sorry, skilled workers can’t just be “produced “. It’s already too late. Not taking education seriously in order to protect the elite has backfired spectacularly. Foreign expertise will not be available either, as the system Is draconian, and few want to deal with the pain of the process, and dealing with Thai workers Edited May 31, 2018 by Redline 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 7 hours ago, webfact said: The plan is now being developed by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Education. Significant investment s for the EEC project began in 2017. The project would "revitalise" an area whose industries have been flagging. "In the past we relied on labour intensive industries, but these are hollowing out now. Some have moved to our neighbours," Kanit Sangsubhan, the secretary-general of the Eastern Economic Corridor Office. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-economy-eec/thai-juntas-key-economic-project-draws-9-billion-investment-idUSKBN1F110G Prayut rushed this project, focusing on getting foreign funding. He neglected the need for planning skilled labor: "The government had also failed to provide training appropriate to the new economic landscape to low-income groups while Prayut himself had not paid sufficient attention to education reforms that could have contributed to economic development and reduced inequality." (May 2018) http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/business/30346051 Somkid (Sept. 2017): " .... conceded that Japanese investors were worried about the shortage of skilled labour. “It not easy to lead all people into Thailand 4.0 since a large number of labourers are in the agricultural and services sectors,” http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30326436 Starting now to plan for 30,000 technical and vocational workers is too late. Prayut expected the EEC to generate significant revenues by 2020. Waiting to develop Thai unskilled labor will not let that happen. However, I suspect the primary investors such as Japan and China who have already begun EEC development will not wait and fill the gaps by importing skilled workers. Like Prayut did with Chinese engineers who came into Thailand to design and build the Chinese high speed rail project, he'll make a process that allows foreign EEC workers into Thailand. I imagine that once those foreign workers are established in Thailand, it's going to be difficult to replace them with newly-trained Thais without causing an international "disturbance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Had a brush with Thai education yesterday when asked to help a neighbour's daughter with her science homework. She isn't stupid, and goes to one of the 'best' schools in Udon. Apparently the science teacher is a farang, but alas, the text book she was working from was oh so Thai. English grammar so un-intelligible that i couldn't decipher some of the questions, and words in the text that were just wrong. Not surprising she had only answered half the questions in the book and half those answers were wrong. I THINK i corrected all the wrong and missing answers for her but with the obscure questions, who can tell what answers they actually wanted .... I do have a couple of degrees in sciences, so no problem understanding the subject, just the questions ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 problem in Thailand is the fact that schooling is pathetic at best and that students are not required to pass any exams to advance their grades(and their education) in any case. How can you have skilled people when their education is well below world standards, then the fact that many workers prefer to do as little as possible and are not interested in upgrading their skills as that would require more work. You only have to look at the general attitude to work in every walk of life to see that many simply dont care, doesnt matter if its govt or non govt work, they prefer to do bugger all for their money. They would be better off chasing people from western countries to get skilled workers but then they would have to pay then accordingly, not the pathetic wages they do here now, the biggest problem is it would show up just how p*ss poor thai skills really are as well as their poor work ethics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingle 60 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 30,000 skilled workers needed. No problem. Go to Big C, Tesco's, Home Pro and all the other shopping outlets, 1,000's of skilled workers in those places just hanging around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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