Failure to meet engineering skills cost UK £27bn a year

摘要

Filling the demand for new engineering jobs will generate an additional £27 billion a year for the UK economy from 2022, according to new research published in EngineeringUK 2015 The State of Engineering. To meet projected employer demand the number of engineering apprentices and graduates entering the industry will need to double. The report analyses the engineering industry's capacity and capability for growth and details engineering in education, training and employment. It shows that engineering accounts for almost a quarter of UK turnover -9 per cent more than at the start of the recession. But more engineers are needed. Engineering companies will need 182,000 people a year with engineering skills in the decade to 2022 but there is a current annual shortfall of 55,000 skilled workers.