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Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector

Table 3-7: Top 5 hard to fill positions – Breakdown by industry segment

Surgical / Medical Gloves( n = 12) 1 13. Production and manufacturing managers 25 % 1 31. Science and engineering associate professionals 25 % 3 21. Science and engineering professionals 17 %

3 22. Health professionals

( e. g. Occupational Health and Safety Officer, Environmental Safety and Health Technologist)

17 %

3 81. Stationary plant and machine operators 17 % 3 83. Drivers and mobile plant operators 17 %

Other Medical Consumables( n = 35) 1 13. Production and manufacturing managers 49 % 2 12. Administrative and commercial managers 26 % 2 21. Science and engineering professionals 26 % 4 82. Assemblers 23 % 5 24. Business and administration professionals 20 % 5 52. Sales workers 20 %

Non-consumables( n = 21) 1 13. Production and manufacturing managers 43 % 2 31. Science and engineering associate professionals 38 % 3 12. Administrative and commercial managers 29 % 3 21. Science and engineering professionals 29 % 4 81. Stationary plant and machine operators 19 % 4 82. Assemblers 19 %

Note: A hard to fill position is a position that remains vacant for 3 months or longer despite a company’ s recruitment efforts

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