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NEARLY one in five of the transport employers conte in the latest employer survE Manpower, the temporary ployment agency, reps shortage of skilled staff.
They reported shortage drivers and office workers, 67 per cent of the compr said they were experier shortages of senior and e: ienced staff.
A "surprisingly high" cent reported a demand junior and trainee staff, act ing to Manpower.
The latest survey of em ment prospects in road tran shows that 23 per cent of ployers contacted plan ti crease their staff before thr of June. In the first quart this year, only eight per planned to do so, and ir equivalent quarter of 198: figure was 17 per cent.
Staff decreases are forecz 12 per cent, against four pel in the previous quarter ar per cent in the second quer 1982.
The Road Transport Ind Training Board said this w. believes the recent advanc vehicle electronics demanc training.