Tianjin short of skilled workers

Tianjin’s Binhai New Area is short of 55 kinds of skilled workers this year, including safety inspectors and home appliance fixers, according to a list of technician shortages recently released.

The desired skills fall into 10 fields, including electronic information, mechanics, automotive manufacture, petroleum and chemicals, aeronautics and astronautics, textiles and ship building, according to website enorth. Twenty-nine kinds of technicians are urgently needed.

Some vocations with the characteristics of local industries, such as aircraft system fitters and aeronautical radio workers are new additions to the list since 2011. Safety inspectors and domestic appliance maintenance workers have not previously been listed.

Vocational training institutions in Binhai are encouraged to offer training sessions to companies in need.