What Are The Key Facts Mobile Plant Operators?

1.	What Are The Key Facts Mobile Plant Operators?
Answer» Drivers and mobile plant operators drive and tend trains and motor VEHICLES; drive, operate and monitor industrial and agricultural machinery and equipment; or execute DECK duties on board ships and other water-borne crafts. The five key skills for drivers and mobile plant operators are problem solving, job-specific skills, teamwork, communication and learning. There is a STRONG gender imbalance in the workforce, in favour of male employees. The occupational group faces fairly widespread recruitment difficulties, due to hardships of the nature of jobs, regarding working hours worked and pay levels. The number of drivers and mobile plant operators employed across the EU-28 remained stable over the past decade; by 2025, a small decline (about 5%) is foreseen. They are a SHORTAGE occupation in three EU Member States; seven EU countries report them as a surplus occupation.

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Drivers and mobile plant operators drive and tend trains and motor VEHICLES; drive, operate and monitor industrial and agricultural machinery and equipment; or execute DECK duties on board ships and other water-borne crafts.
The five key skills for drivers and mobile plant operators are problem solving, job-specific skills, teamwork, communication and learning.
There is a STRONG gender imbalance in the workforce, in favour of male employees.
The occupational group faces fairly widespread recruitment difficulties, due to hardships of the nature of jobs, regarding working hours worked and pay levels.
The number of drivers and mobile plant operators employed across the EU-28 remained stable over the past decade; by 2025, a small decline (about 5%) is foreseen.
They are a SHORTAGE occupation in three EU Member States; seven EU countries report them as a surplus occupation.

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