Labor Demand: Going to San Francisco? Better Bring Some Boilermakers and Millwrights!
SUGAR LAND--April 10, 2017--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In the 1960s, a folksinger suggested young people coming to San Francisco should wear some flowers in their hair. These days, industrial supply-chain managers and procurement executives with projects in San Francisco might want to bring some boilermakers, millwrights and operators, as there's a shortage of those skilled craft laborers in that area.
The metropolitan San Francisco area has a significant shortage of workers who can operate backhoes, bulldozers, excavators, wheel loaders and other heavy equipment, according to Industrial Info's proprietary Labor Duration Geolocator. That shortfall is expected to continue for several years. Boilermakers also are in short supply, as are millwrights, iron workers and instrumentation and electrical technicians.
