§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies for skilled building workers have been notified to his Department in the Tayside region; what is the total number of such workers in the region; and how many in each locality are resident or registered in Dundee.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows an occupational analysis of all notified unfilled vacancies for males in construction. The satistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and are not a measure of total vacancies in the industry. Up-to-date estimates of the total number of skilled building workers in these areas are not available.
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NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES FOR MALES IN CONSTRUCTION AT JULY 1975 Tayside (including Dundee) Dundee Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 2 0 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 1 0 Electricians(installation and maintenance), premises and ships 17 17 Painters and decorators 3 3 Plasterers 2 0 Roofers and slaters 2 0 Crane drivers/operators 10 0 All other occupations (including unskilled) 28 14 Total 65 34 The table does not include data from careers offices.
§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table, in trade categories, of the number of building workers unemployed in Scotland at the most recent date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the available information which relates to males registered at employment offices:
UNEMPLOYED MALES IN SCOTLAND WHO LAST WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION: 9TH JUNE 1975 Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 80 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance 684 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 113 Electricians(installation and maintenance) premises and ships 349 Cable jointers and linesmen 16 Plumbers, pipe fitters 328 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 33 Gas fitters 20 Steel erectors 129 Scaffolders, stagers 104 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 160 Painters and decorators 485 Bricklayers 343 Fixer/walling masons. 9 Plasterers 165 Floor and wall tilers, terazzo workers 68 Roofers and slaters 200 Glaziers 32 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 33 Other roadmen 45 Concrete erectors/assemblers 23 Concrete levellers/screeders 28 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 34 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 179 Crane drivers/operators 97 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 64 All other occupations, including labourers 14,660 Total 18,445 The table does not include data from careers offices.