Trade and Distribution: 360,000 Jobs to Fill by 2020
4 June 2012
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The main points of the training plan for the trade and distribution sector have been made public. From basic jobs like butcher and salesperson to management positions, the sector needs skills at all hierarchical levels.
Three ministers, Abdelkader Amara of Industry, Trade and New Technologies, Lahcen Daoudi of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training, and Abdelhouahed Souhail of Employment and Professional Training, chaired the information day dedicated to the Master Training Plan for trades in commerce and distribution organized on Tuesday, May 22, in Rabat, under the theme: "Skills at the service of a job-creating sector". This plan, which is part of the Rawaj strategy, is a system designed to meet the requirements of the commerce and distribution sector in terms of skills and qualification of human resources. The sector in question employs more than 1.3 million people, or about 13% of the active population and generates around 11% of GDP.
However, the problem is that the supply of human resources, both in terms of quality and quantity, is unable to meet the needs of the market. This is why Abdelkader Amara believes that "the 360,000 jobs planned to be created in the commerce and distribution sector by 2020, in accordance with the Rawaj strategy, require a focus on human resource training. This should largely benefit local businesses, which alone represent more than 70% of the national commercial system."
More than 16,000 students to prepare for management, marketing and purchasing
The preparation of the plan was done in three phases. The first concerned the sector study to describe and identify the trades of commerce and distribution. This study made it possible to define the necessary training subsidiaries to meet the sector's skills needs. Secondly, about ten work situation analyses (AST) were carried out on the trades that were identified in the sector analysis. This was followed by the development of a directory of jobs/trades (REM) and a jobs/skills reference framework (REC) for the commerce and distribution sector. This preliminary work finally made it possible to define a training system adapted to the challenges and issues of the sector.
For the practical phase, the strategy is divided into four axes. The designers first proceeded to estimate the evolution of jobs in commerce and distribution by 2020. They are estimated at 1.7 million compared to around 1.3 million.
Initial training, the second axis, is defined on the basis of the assessment of workforce needs by region and by trade by 2020. It includes a vocational training offer for nearly 138,000 trainees, particularly in the trades of butcher, fishmonger, commercial unit manager, salesperson or sales representative.
This initial training also includes a higher education offer for around 16,170 students, including in the fields of marketing, purchasing and management.
The third axis relates to continuing education, which consists of an upgrading offer for active workers. Finally, local traders will benefit from support for the modernization and upgrading of their network.
The public authorities intend to go further in terms of vocational training. To this end, Lahcen Daoudi stressed that the upgrading of human potential is all the more necessary since "Morocco is destined to be a production base for foreign companies, particularly those currently in China which, due to the increase in the cost of labor, could relocate their activities elsewhere". So there is work to be done.
Lavieeco.com
Published on June 4, 2012.
Posted online on June 4, 2012.
Three ministers, Abdelkader Amara of Industry, Trade and New Technologies, Lahcen Daoudi of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training, and Abdelhouahed Souhail of Employment and Professional Training, chaired the information day dedicated to the Master Training Plan for trades in commerce and distribution organized on Tuesday, May 22, in Rabat, under the theme: "Skills at the service of a job-creating sector". This plan, which is part of the Rawaj strategy, is a system designed to meet the requirements of the commerce and distribution sector in terms of skills and qualification of human resources. The sector in question employs more than 1.3 million people, or about 13% of the active population and generates around 11% of GDP.
However, the problem is that the supply of human resources, both in terms of quality and quantity, is unable to meet the needs of the market. This is why Abdelkader Amara believes that "the 360,000 jobs planned to be created in the commerce and distribution sector by 2020, in accordance with the Rawaj strategy, require a focus on human resource training. This should largely benefit local businesses, which alone represent more than 70% of the national commercial system."
More than 16,000 students to prepare for management, marketing and purchasing
The preparation of the plan was done in three phases. The first concerned the sector study to describe and identify the trades of commerce and distribution. This study made it possible to define the necessary training subsidiaries to meet the sector's skills needs. Secondly, about ten work situation analyses (AST) were carried out on the trades that were identified in the sector analysis. This was followed by the development of a directory of jobs/trades (REM) and a jobs/skills reference framework (REC) for the commerce and distribution sector. This preliminary work finally made it possible to define a training system adapted to the challenges and issues of the sector.
For the practical phase, the strategy is divided into four axes. The designers first proceeded to estimate the evolution of jobs in commerce and distribution by 2020. They are estimated at 1.7 million compared to around 1.3 million.
Initial training, the second axis, is defined on the basis of the assessment of workforce needs by region and by trade by 2020. It includes a vocational training offer for nearly 138,000 trainees, particularly in the trades of butcher, fishmonger, commercial unit manager, salesperson or sales representative.
This initial training also includes a higher education offer for around 16,170 students, including in the fields of marketing, purchasing and management.
The third axis relates to continuing education, which consists of an upgrading offer for active workers. Finally, local traders will benefit from support for the modernization and upgrading of their network.
The public authorities intend to go further in terms of vocational training. To this end, Lahcen Daoudi stressed that the upgrading of human potential is all the more necessary since "Morocco is destined to be a production base for foreign companies, particularly those currently in China which, due to the increase in the cost of labor, could relocate their activities elsewhere". So there is work to be done.
Lavieeco.com
Published on June 4, 2012.
Posted online on June 4, 2012.
