What I can't understand is this: If theater technicians can master such complicated visual effects, how is it that they're still in the Stone Age when it comes to sound?
Moreover, the demand for technicians and master craftsmen is higher in these firms.
At approximately 5percentnthethe recruitment of technicians and master craftsmen is the least-used demand-meeting strategy for qualified labour.
Most establishments (76 per cent) report at least some demand for already-qualified workers with IVET degrees (or with sufficient occupational experience), whereas only about one in four establishments opts to hire technicians and master craftsmen.
Starting with a company's decision to train or not to train, we regard the recruitment of unskilled workers, vocationally qualified workers, technicians and master craftsmen and academically educated workers from the external labour market.
Because the same holds true for the share of staff technicians and master craftsmen, this finding can be taken as an indication for the complementary relationship between those two groups of skilled workers.
Therefore, in our analysis, this total demand comprises the demands for (1) new training contracts, (2) unskilled workers and skilled workers, where the latter group is subdivided into (3) tasks that presuppose the completion of an IVET qualification or equivalent occupational experience, (4) tasks for technicians and master craftsmen and (5) tasks that require a higher education degree.
In analysing companies' make-or-buy decisions when recruiting workers from the external labour market, this paper will therefore differentiate between the unskilled workforce, workers with an intermediate level of vocational qualifications, tertiary vocational graduates (i.e., technicians and master craftsmen) and higher education graduates.
Therefore, we employ a multinomial quasi-maximum likelihood fractional regression model that simultaneously investigates the determinants of five hiring alternatives (new trainees, external unskilled staff, external skilled staff with initial vocational education, technicians and master craftsmen, and external staff with higher education).
These results can be summarized as follows: First, in manufacturing, 'commerce and repair' and other private service sectors, the demand for new apprentices is higher; conversely, the demand for workers with IVET qualifications and externally recruited technicians and master craftsmen is lower, although not always statistically significant.
