Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
Breakdown by geographical region
(Note: 15 companies selected more than 1 state as main location for the majority of their business
activities. Hence, there are some overlapping of data across the different region. Although the numbers
presented in this section is not recommended to be extrapolated to reflect the whole industry, the
results can still serve as indication)
In terms of the breakdown by geographical region, most of the new full time positions
expected to be created in central Malaysia between January to December 2017 are for science
and engineering associate professionals, followed by stationary plant and machine operators
at 10%.
In northern Malaysia, 36% of the new positions will be created for assemblers within the same
period, 10% for metal, machinery and related trades workers, 9% for science and engineering
professionals and 9% for manufacturing and transport labourers.
In southern Malaysia, the top three job category with the highest number of new positions to
be created are assemblers at 25%, drivers and mobile plant operators at 19%, and sales
workers at 9%. The ratio of new positions to be created in relation to existing workforce needs
in the region for sales workers is 25%, which is relatively high.
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