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– Фактически Архангельск сейчас играет ос- resources necessary to meet employers’ staffing needs.
новную роль в снабжении Арктики. Это обу- The representatives of schools have noted during
славливает загрузку сети портов и терминалов. the roundtable that they would be able to adjust their
Есть высокий спрос на представителей рабочих curricula, but the adjustments should be introduced
профессий, – говорит директор ассоциации по- upon discussions with employers, including small
ставщиков нефтегазовой промышленности «Со- businesses. The local ministry of education is unani-
звездие» Сергей Смирнов. – Очень важно, что mous with the vocational school management that the
образовательные учреждения региона готовы target enrollment figures could be changed for certain
гибко и оперативно реагировать на актуальные majors in response to market needs, if ports and ship
потребности компаний. Такая кооперация – за- repair enterprises provide figures of their prospective
лог успешного развития региональной промыш- staffing needs.
ленности. But how to recruit more students? The answer
lies in career guidance services. The Regional Career
In pursuit of the professionals Guidance Center welcomes the idea to increase coop-
eration with the potential employers. To inspire inter-
The roundtable brought together the local indus- est in working professions in school students, there
tries and vocational schools and was contributed by should be joint career guidance programs, industrial
Arkhangelsk Minister of Education, Oleg Rusinov. field trips, on-site tours, and openness of information.
Acting as its moderator was Sergey Smirnov, direc- New hires can be found also among adults. Gov-
tor at Sozvezdye Association of Oil and Gas Suppliers. ernment-funded training and recruitment oppor-
Manpower shortage is common among ship re- tunities are available at Arkhangelsk Regional Em-
pair and maintenance providers. The younger gen- ployment Center. To be able to benefit from them
erations seem to be reluctant to pursue blue-collar consistently, the roundtable has resolved to develop
jobs. As a result, the average age of manpower rais- relevant action plan.
es steadily. Staff shortage is a real obstacle to the in-
dustrial development and regional economy growth.
Even though employers offer competitive salaries, the Судостроительным и
problem remains: there are too few qualified profes-
sionals in the labor market as vocational school grad- машиностроительным
uates tend to choose jobs other than those they are предприятиям остро не SOZVEZDYE #37
trained for. This causes the shortage of electric weld- хватает электросварщиков,
ers, dock repair fitters, machine operators, and join-
ers. Stevedores, too, are facing the lack of qualified докеров-сборщиков, развитие
manpower. The personnel issue has become that bot- механизаторов, слесарей- development
tleneck that hinders the development of Arkhangelsk монтажников
as an industrial and transport hub.
With this in mind, employers are prepared to in- This causes the shortage of electric
vest more in the staff training and recruitment ef- welders, dock repair fitters,
forts, while schools promise to provide assistance and
promptly respond to their needs. The same is true machine operators, and joiners 47
about the area’s vocational training system: it has the