The shortage of professionals in certain sectors is coinciding with a growing need to update and broaden the skills of those already working in them. “Construction, healthcare, hospitality, industry, or logistics are some of the areas where this transformation is most visible,” according to the analysis of nearly 500 training courses for companies and workers conducted by Evoluciona Formación.
In this vein, the study shows that almost one in five specializations corresponds to construction, architecture and renovations, making it the sector with the greatest share. It is followed by health, pharmacy and social care, with more than 12%, while food, hospitality and tourism, manufacturing and logistics, and transport each account for between 7% and 8% of the total.
“The Government has recently announced an investment of €234 million to strengthen Vocational Training aimed at workers and strategic sectors, of which €126 million will be allocated to training in activities with high demand for professionals, including construction, tourism, road transport, and various technical trades,” explains Beatriz Rodríguez, Evoluciona Formación’s Chief Communications Officer.
Twofold Need
The data reveal a twofold need: to strengthen the core specialization of each profession and to incorporate new cross-cutting competencies.
“In construction, for example, the offering ranges from BIM, Revit, AutoCAD, Presto, or management for site supervisors to safety, welding, formwork, or carpentry,” they explain. A specialization that also extends to areas such as health and social care, manufacturing, food, hospitality, or transportation and logistics.
At the same time, more than 43% of the analyzed courses address cross-cutting competencies applicable to professionals across different activities. “Training no longer responds solely to the needs of each sector. Management, Artificial Intelligence, sales, and digital tools are competencies increasingly present in very different professional profiles,” notes Rodríguez.
A good example of this evolution is Artificial Intelligence, whose training is moving away from purely technological profiles to span a wide range of activities. “We are increasingly receiving requests for AI courses applied to sales and real estate marketing, administration and finance, agricultural engineering, industry, logistics and operations management, interior design, surveying, or education, among others,” says the CCO.
Thus, training is no longer concentrated at specific points in a career path but becomes a tool for ongoing updating, especially in activities subject to technological, regulatory, or market changes.
“The result is a labor market in which not only do new professions emerge, but the competencies required to perform the traditional ones change. Professionals are still needed, but the knowledge demanded of them evolves ever faster,” the executive concludes.
