MINT crisis in Tyrol: 7,000 specialists are missing-that's how it goes!

MINT crisis in Tyrol: 7,000 specialists are missing-that's how it goes!

Tirol is facing an alarming skilled worker in the MINT areas: In the coming years, between 6,000 and 7,000 qualified workers will be missing, warns Simon Meinschad, Vice President of the Tyrolean Industrial Association and Managing Director of Hollu Systemhygiene in Zirl. According to the MISSAD, industry urgently needs data scientists, IT specialists and chemists to secure the innovative strength and success of the companies. "We need people who can work in the plant construction," he emphasizes, while at the same time pointing out the connection between theory and practical application, which consists in the MINT disciplines.

In order to address this problem, a total of 22 companies took part in the second Next Generation Day to inspire pupils for technical professions. Max Kloger, President of IV Tirol, said: "Industry is the engine of our business location - but without young people the powerful engine will stop at some point." This event is intended to help motivate young talents for the MINT professions and to show them that MINT skills are the key to exciting jobs of the future. The MINT coordination Tirol was launched to bring everyone interested and actors together and to develop a comprehensive MINT strategy that covers the entire educational chain, from elementary pedagogy to lifelong learning, as on mint-tirol.at is reported.

This strategy is the result of the cooperation between 63 experts and institutions such as the Tyrol Chamber of Labor, the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce and the Austrian Trade Union Confederation. It aims to combat the shortage of skilled workers and strengthen Tyrol's competitiveness. The MINT platform offers a central point of contact for everyone who is interested in the topic and want to acquire the necessary skills in order to be able to master the challenges of the future, how tirol.orf.at emphasized.