Ireland on a massive recruitment drive for skilled South Africans
The Irish government is currently on a massive recruitment drive, looking for skilled South Africans in the construction and civil engineering sector.
Ireland has set a target of building an additional 33,000 new homes per annum for the remainder of the decade and retrofitting 500,000 homes by 2030.
“Research indicates that across housing and retrofitting an additional 51,698 new construction workers are required over the coming years to allow for this increase in building and retrofitting activity to be met,” it said.
Working with the South African government through the Department of Employment and Labour, several delegations from Irish companies are in the country to recruit South African graduates in the construction and civil engineering sector.
The government is targetting “highly skilled” South African candidates, needed to address the scarcity of critical skills in Ireland. The initial drive is for the construction sector but other sectors also need attention.
The first phase of the recruitment drive focuses on the construction sector but is not limited to it – the requirement request looks at Civil Engineering and related skills and high levels of experience.
The recruitment drive is envisaged to start with high-level skills in the form of professionals.
The successful critical skilled work candidates will receive a two-year permit, and the general employment candidates will be allowed a permit of one year.
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