Vic: Auto businesses suffer labour shortage: survey

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2007
Vic: Auto businesses suffer labour shortage: survey

Victoria's peak industry body warns car owners will suffer delays getting their vehicles
serviced if skill shortages in the auto industry don't improve.

A survey conducted by the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce shows more than
a third of automotive businesses are suffering labour shortages.

45 per cent of businesses have been short-staffed for more than two months .. while
others have had unfilled vacancies for more than two years.

Executive director of the VACC DAVID PURCHASE says the issue has become critical.

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KEYWORD: AUTO (MELBOURNE)

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