Manpower and Employment

The productivity of Coimbatore worker is 15% higher than the Tamilnadu state average but there exists acute shortage of manpower both skilled and unskilled. The Engineering sub-sector provider’s direct employment to about  2.5 lakh people. The pumps, motor and foundry, product line employees approx. 1. lakh people and the   25000 micro enterprise units in the cluster employ approx. 1 lakh people. There is fair representation of female workers in the sub-sector, especially in the assembly, testing and packing area. The foundry industry is sourcing manpower from Bihar, Orissa and other eastern regions for shop floor operations. There is acute shortage of technical manpower in the foundry cluster probably due to the new generation opting for cleaner technology employment. Skilled manpower shortage also exists in CNC machining operations.

As technology and regulations are continuously upgrading, the employable manpower availability for Engineering SMEs in COimbatoreis one of the difficult task. To tide over manpower shortage, many cluster firms are interested to associate with any intervention in manpower training in technical subjects covering quality assurance, quality control, production etc. It is suggested to identify potential fresher from educational institutions and train them to cater the need of Engineering SMEs.