BAA Annual Conference 2018

摘要

White, British and male. That's the profile of 90% of people working in the minerals extraction sector in the UK. And their average age is 55, with just 17% in the 18-34 age bracket. The proportion of 16-to-64-year-olds employed in the UK is already the highest it has been since records began in 1971 and it is forecast that the UK workforce will fall by a million in the next decade. That was the scene set by Anthony Elgey, general manager of MP Futures, part of the Mineral Products Qualifications Council (MPQC), when he spoke at the British Aggregates Association (BAA) annual meeting, held at the Palace Hotel, Buxton, on the day before the opening of the Hillhead exhibition. MP Futures has taken on the role of key business partner for the sector to develop new apprenticeships. It is also the main sponsor for the Inspiring Futures project, through which volunteers from the industry go out to schools and colleges to try to guide youngsters into the industry.