Automobile service centers in Russia are facing staff shortages; There are no more than 50 thousand employees in the sector. This was announced by Alexander Pakhomov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Russian Automotive Services Association. transmits TASS.
“Today, the main problem of the sector is personnel. Our business depends on people’s competencies. Our industry was one of the first to feel the lack of qualified technical experts. Soviet engineers are naturally exhausted and there are not enough new ones. “Today, the shortage of qualified personnel that meets the requirements of the job in the sector is estimated to be more than 50 thousand people,” he said.
Pakhomov noted that now the quality of education of service workers has decreased, the level of knowledge of graduates of secondary vocational education, universities and immigrants from the former countries of the USSR does not always coincide with the subject of work. He stated that if strategic decisions are not taken in the field of education in the next 5 years, the situation in the sector will not change. Pakhomov calculated that approximately 800 thousand people currently work in the automobile service sector, and the number of automobile services has increased by 7 thousand in the last year and a half.
Demand for car repair services in Russia augmented It increased by 25% in the nine months of 2023. This year, the cost of vehicle body repairs has increased by an average of 20-25%, and paint jobs have become 15-20% more expensive. said Yaroslav Kukarin, head of the body repair department in the Fit Service network “socialbites.ca”.
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