Posted on 04/06/2023 10:11:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Businesses in a number of service industries are calling for urgent measures to deal with a shortage of qualified staff.
They say recruitment issues are preventing further expansion and causing knock-on consequences for customers.
Difficulties are being experienced by many companies and small enterprises.
A lack of available mechanics is leading to delays for those seeking service or repair work at many garages. Owners say the process to secure permits for non-EU residents is drawn out and cumbersome.
They have called for a widening of the Critical Skills list, which allows those with necessary competences to live and work here.
South Africa-born mechanic David Da Silva secured employment in County Mayo last May, but only because his parents were Portuguese and he has an EU passport.
He says that many of his compatriots would relish the chance to work here, were it not for the complicated rules. …
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So are the wages for mechanics skyrocketing?
“the process to secure permits for non-EU residents is drawn out and cumbersome”
Considering whats going on here I wouldn’t bitch about that too much
Well, if they’d call the things “Wrenchs” and “Trucks” maybe they could get mechanics that could actually figure the things out. (What the hell is a “lorry”?)
Now, warning lights are flashing down at quality control
Somebody threw a spanner, they threw him in the hole
There’s rumors in the loading bay and anger in the town
Somebody blew the whistle, and the walls came down
There’s a meetin’ in the boardroom, they’re tryin’ to trace the smell
There’s a leakin’ in the washroom, there’s a sneak-in personnel
Somewhere in the corridors someone was heard to sneeze
Goodness me, could this be industrial disease?
-Dire Straits
So instead of letting the free market for labor and rising wages fix the shortage they will import foreigners to hold down wages. Where is the outrage?
We have an auto repair shop with four mechanics and we pay them well, provide free lunch and let them set their own schedule and one brings his kid to work when school is out.
It’s 2 to 4 weeks to schedule an appointment. Before we got the 4rth guy, we were 6-8 weeks out.
Well, imagine going to Ireland and discovering that your car no longer has a trunk or hood, those being replaced by a “boot” and “bonnet” respectively. (Same goes for turn signals which are now “indicators”, odometers that are now “rev counters”, gasoline that’s now “petrol”, ad nauseam.)
They also drive on the wrong side of the road.
Canada drove on the left once; they changed in the 1920s to facilitate border crossings with the US. Imagine if they stuck with left-side driving? (AFAICR, their railroads always ran right-handed.)
How are you doing finding new mechanics or those wanting to enter the trade? A local news station had a story last night on the shortage of plumbers and carpenters.
One plumbing company said that 5 years ago, 10 would apply to the apprentace program whereas today 1 or 2, most do not pass basic qualifications. "Young people don't want to get their hands dirty" the owner said.
You’re a treasure. Finding a good mechanic now days is a chore.
I know a painter that is three-four months out with his appts. But he’s a frickin’ artist and works by referrals/repeat business only. If he’s doing business on our street, he will stop and say hello if I’m out in the yard.
Good crafts people are so hard to find.
You don’t get to decide what a good pay rate is, the market does.
Someone could get a loan start a garage a few miles from you, offer your mechanics a 20% raise then you’d have no one.
Several have, so far they’ve all failed. Running a small business isn’t for sissies.
Car mechanics are obsolete. We need car electricians.
Hire farm boys and gearheads. Let ‘em use the facilities to work on their race cars during off hours and feed them meat, lots of meat.
The shortage of men entering the field is because public schools shut down all the shop programs and tries to steer everyone toward college. I also think gaming has harmed masculine industriousness, which is sad.
Car mechanics are obsolete. We need car electricians.
“were it not for the complicated rules.”
Identify as an illeterate third world pregnant Eritrean who wants to live on welfare and you’ll get right in. But of course you won’t have to work thanks to the generous welfare. After all. The Irish are there to support the NEW Irish. Not the other way around. So skip what I just said...
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