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Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector 91% Problem solving skills 63% 64% 64% Communication skills 38% 71% 55% Ability to work independently 63% 64% 55% Technical skills 13% 36% 45% Critical thinking 38% 64% 45% Creative / innovative thinking 38% 29% 45% Skills to operate computer-based machinery 38% 14% 36% Team work 50% 64% 18% Project management skills 38% 7% 18% 13% 21% Mathematics skills 0% Large (> 200 employees) Medium (75-200 employees) None 13% 7% Small (5-74 employees) 3.2 Future Workforce Profile 3.2.1 Creation of New Positions 67% of the surgical/medical gloves manufacturers, 66% of the other medical consumables companies and 81% of the non-consumables companies intend to expand their workforce from January to December 2017 (excluding replacements due to attrition, retirement etc.). 131