Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
Figure 3-5: Breakdown of full time employees by citizenship status, Dec 2016
TOTAL
(n=68, representing 19,951
full time employees)
72%
Surgical/Medical Gloves
(n=12, representing 10,832
full time employees)
1%
60%
0%
Other Medical Consumables
(n=35, representing 6,716
full time employees)
40%
91%
Non-consumables
(n=21, representing 2,403
full time employees)
Malaysian
27%
1% 9%
79%
Non-Malaysian - Expatriate & PR
4%
17%
Non-Malaysian - Foreign worker / PLKS
In terms of age, around 70% of the full time employees in the industry are below 35 years old
and surgical / medical gloves segment has the youngest workforce among all. This indicates a low
risk of ageing workforce in the industry.
Figure 3-6: Breakdown of full time employees by age group, Dec 2016
TOTAL
(n=68, representing 19,951
full time employees)
29%
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)
15-24 years old
39%
37%
22%
16%
25-34 years old
30%
39%
36%
45%
35-54 years old
22%
40%
37%
2%
2%
2%
2%
≥ 55 years old
90