Aviation aspirations: Visitors enquiring at booths during the Career in Aviation Fair at the Skypark Regional Aviation Centre. — Bernama
SHAH ALAM: The ongoing Career in Aviation Fair has brought forth 3,459 vacancies offered by 40 employers in the aerospace and aviation industries.
The event is being held in conjunction with the Selangor Aviation Show (SAS 2024) at the Skypark Regional Aviation Centre here.
Selangor human resources and poverty eradication committee chairman V. Papparaidu said the development of human capital in the state has always been one of the top priorities to ensure no one is left behind.
He said this has benefited from the state’s economic growth.
“Until Aug 31, a total of 1,119,430 jobseekers have been placed to work under the MYFutureJobs initiative from the Human Resources Ministry through Socso (the Social Security Organisation), with 268,009 placements from Selangor.
“This testifies to the government’s initiative in activating the labour market activities through interventions, which offer job opportunities to the talent and employers in Selangor especially,” he said in his speech at the SAS 2024 Career Fair opening ceremony yesterday, Bernama reported.
Papparaidu also said the substantial growth highlights the increasing opportunities for the state’s talent pool, signalling a positive momentum in the local job market.
Meanwhile, Human Resources Ministry secretary-general Datuk Azman Mohd Yusof lauded the Selangor government’s initiative in coordinating and facilitating aerospace investments and industry.
He said this supports the goal set by the Malaysia Aerospace Industry Blueprint 2030 to provide 32,000 high-quality, high-skill jobs in the aerospace industry.
Azman said the Statistics Department recently announced that the national unemployment rate continued to decline in the second quarter of 2024, in line with increased demand for labour in the economic sector.
“The labour force has grown by 2.5% to 17.15 million people, primarily driven by a 2.8% increase in the number of employed people, which reached 16.59 million in June.
“I believe this positive trend is driven by proactive policies and implemented by advanced states like Selangor, offering high-value jobs to those in the aerospace and aviation industry,” he added.
Azman also expressed hope that industry players can continue providing upskilling and reskilling opportunities to their employees and young graduates so that they can be more productive in filling up the demand in the job market.
Earlier, eight business documents involving memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and letters of intent (LOIs) between state agencies, higher learning education institutions, and aviation and aerospace companies were signed at the event.
One notable MOU was between Invest Selangor Bhd and Perbadanan Hal Ehwal Bekas Angkatan Tentera.
Both parties will collaborate to address talent issues in the aerospace industry and create a sustainable ecosystem for industry players operating in Selangor.
A notable LOI is the one between Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre, Universiti Malaya and UCSI College, which will engage in local bio-jet sustainable aviation fuel development for a bio-feedstock supply chain.
