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Demand for Marine Engineers and highly skilled workers on the rise

Published by Afterschool.my on Oct 08, 2012, 09:46 am

  • 20,000 new jobs await for highly-skilled graduates come 2020
  • Currently, 30,000 are working in the shipbuilding/ ship repairing sector
  • Malaysia Shipbuilding/Ship Repairing Strategic (SBSR) Plan 2020 to place the country as on of the major shipbuilding nations
The shipbuilding and ship repairing industry will generate 20,000 employment opportunities by 2020, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
"A challenge that we face in this industry is a shortage of human capital, with a number of high-value jobs being done outside Malaysia."
At present, basic ship repairing and building is done in Malaysia. The finishing touches meanwhile are being outsourced. This is due to the lack of skilled manpower and we need to address it.Locally made offshore support vessels, passenger boats and marine crafts made of composite materials are especially in demand from foreign markets.
There are about 30,000 people working in this sector in Malaysia. The number is expected to increase by 50,000 by 2020.
He said the Malaysia Shipbuilding/Ship Repairing Strategic (SBSR) Plan 2020 is designed to put the country on the global map of major shipbuilding nations.
Some of the recommended systematic changes, tabled in the SBSR Plan 2020, included commitment by the local shipyards to improve their productivity, efficiency and upgrade of technological capability, according to the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA).
The plan, which will set the national agenda for the industry in the coming decade, targets to capture 80% of the local and 2% of the global new build market, up from 50% and 0.8%, respectively. For ships repair, the plan has set its sights on capturing 3% of the Straits of Malacca and 80% of the South China Sea offshore repair market.
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