Boosting Skilled Workers for Stockholm

Local politician Jan Jönsson (L) has inquired about the shortage of trained sheet metal workers in Stockholm and suggested the municipality should take more responsibility for training in professions facing shortages. The Education Department responded that while there are available spots in regional sheet metal worker training programs, too few young people are applying. Since Stockholm's construction technical high school closed in 2019, the city no longer runs its own construction and civil engineering programs and therefore cannot expand this offering. However, the department is working on generally increasing interest in vocational programs.