A total of 146 functions are taken up. Among these, the regional employment office identifies 82 trades in shortage and 64 critical functions.
Compared to the past year, 42 functions left the list, including those of Data Scientist, industrial/industrial painter or even layer/layout of pipes. On the contrary, 26 new trades are entering it. This is the case, in particular production operators in food industry, maintenance agents for parks and gardens, agricultural aid in vegetable and vegetable production, manufacturing technicians in wood industry, storekeepers and mechanics for cars and light utility vehicles.
The construction sector (32 trades) is once again the most represented, just in front of that of industry (31). With 22 professions, the health and social action sector completes the podium. These three sectors alone represent 58 % of the professions on the list, the Forem said in a press release.
During the first five months of the year, the latter published on his site 161,979 employment opportunities. More than a third of these offers – 60,595 (37 %) – concerned a profession in recruitment tension. As for the trades in shortage in the strict sense, they alone represent 24 % of all the offers published between January and May, added the regional office.
“This list is much more than an inventory: it is a lever for action. By strengthening our targeted training and our collaborations with companies – Forem offers 199 training courses, including 37 in the construction sector and 56 in the technological industry, editor’s note – we want to transform these shortages into concrete opportunities for job seekers, “summed up the general administrator of Forem, Raymonde Yerna.
“Behind these figures, there are companies that are looking for, and job researchers waiting for a concrete solution. Thanks to the reforms that we have initiated, Forem can today meet the needs of the field more quickly, by forming the right trades, at the right time, “added the Walloon Minister of Employment and Training, Pierre-Yves Jeholet (MR), cited, like Raymonde Yerna, in the press release.
