Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
3.4 Collaboration with Educational and TVET Institutions
Currently, 25 % of the surgical / medical gloves manufacturers, 46 % of other medical consumables companies and 43 % of the non-consumables companies do not have any form of collaboration with educational or TVET institutions. The most common type of collaboration in all three segments are the offering of internships to students. Companies’ participation in the review of curriculum / development of training program is quite low, which explains the skill gaps between supply and demand of talents.
Figure 3-48: Areas of collaboration with educational and TVET institutions
No collaboration with any educational or TVET institution
25 %
41 %
46 % 43 %
Offer internship to students
53 %
49 % 52 %
67 %
Offer graduate recruitment programme
Offer apprenticeship programme
Review of curriculum / development of training programme
Offer part-time job to students
Provide industry lectures / participate in classroom presentation / participate in discussion about the workplace and career opportunities
Others
6 %
13 % 17 %
9 % 19 %
10 %
14 %
6 % 8 %
3 % 10 %
3 % 8 %
0 % 5 %
1 % 0 %
3 % 0 %
3 %
0 % 3 % 5 %
17 %
TOTAL
Surgical / Medical Gloves
Other Medical Consumables
Non-consumables
Companies in all three segments mainly collaborate with public universities. More than 60 % of the surgical / medical gloves companies also work together with skills training institutions
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