Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
3.1.1 Demographic of the Industry Workforce
Full time employees
Companies in the surgical / medical gloves segment and non-consumables segment engage more
male employees than female, whereas those in the other medical consumables segment have a
higher tendency of hiring females.
Figure 3-4: Breakdown of full time employees by gender, Dec 2016
TOTAL
(n=68, representing 19,951
full time employees)
52%
Surgical/Medical Gloves
(n=12, representing 10,832
full time employees)
Other Medical Consumables
(n=35, representing 6,716
full time employees)
Non-consumables
(n=21, representing 2,403
full time employees)
48%
60%
40%
34%
66%
64%
Male
36%
Female
In the medical devices industry, majority of the full time employees are Malaysians.
Surgical/Medical gloves manufacturers have the highest ratio of foreign workers, while other
non-consumables segment employ significantly lesser foreign workers. The engagement of
expatriates/PRs is less prominent across the industry.
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