‘Big shortage of qualified technical and skilled workers’

[Bule gila]

It's called irony - do I have to spell everything out?

[jonw8uk]

On 06/11/2016 at 2:53 AM, RaoulDuke said:

Hardly a problem that is unique to Thailand. This seems to be the case all over the world, as very few people are interested in the blue collar jobs that keep everything that most people take for granted running and working properly. In California, we cannot fill government jobs that pay close (and sometimes over) $100k/year, plus $15k worth of benefits,  due to a lack of applicants. Among the few qualified candidates that do show up for interviews, 50% turn the job down.

 

Perhaps eventually, someone will develop AI that makes blue collar workers redundant. In the meanwhile, it is probably one of the most in-demand and technology-proof (i.e. automation and off-shoring) areas to seek employment. But good luck finding people willing to work with their hands and get dirty. A university education is a great thing, but the reality is that there are far more people seeking an easy desk job than there are easy desk jobs to be had. 

 

While the ability to read English would be a benefit for some materials and products that are manufactured overseas, speaking English is really irrelevant for blue collar workers in Thailand.

 

But clearly there is 'blue collar' people here. I mean thailand has power, thus they have power plants thus they have competent technical people (im not going into industrial safety), petrochem the same, water treatment....and the list goes on....

 

where do these people learn their trade?

 

any comment from guys that have worked in the trades here? Are the locals any good - thai welders, sparkies etc etc??