The clothing sector in Portugal

This provisional study of the clothing sector in Portugal is part of a series of sectorial studies and renders as concrete an action of the Great Options of the Plan axis 'to consolidate the infrastructures which support the professional training system'. The report summarises the provisional results of the study of the clothing sector within the framework of the 'Evolution in Qualifications and Diagnostic of Training Needs' project. These results indicate: (1) the diagnostic of the sector relating to employment, the markets and products, the organisational models, the technology and human resource management, and their respective effects on qualifications and skills; (2) the scenarios for the evolution of these factors and their effect on employment, qualifications and skills; (3) the elaboration of professional profiles based on both the present jobs as well as target jobs; (4) the survey and a brief analysis of the training network available; (5) the identification of the training needs; and (6) the identification of other interventions necessary to compensate possible lack of skills and increase the competitiveness of the sector. The chapters are: Boundaries of the sector; Diagnostic and prospective of the sector; Evolution of jobs, qualifications and professional skills; Diagnostic of training needs and pointers for the reorientation of professional training; Conclusions and other strategies to respond to skill needs. This study also includes a supplement containing professional profiles, scenarios and specification of the levels of knowledge. Show less