{"id":32344,"date":"2022-09-26T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T06:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=32344"},"modified":"2022-09-26T09:52:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T08:52:02","slug":"government-visa-review-to-tackle-shortage-of-uk-fibre-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/government-visa-review-to-tackle-shortage-of-uk-fibre-engineers.html","title":{"rendered":"Government Visa Review to Tackle Shortage of UK Fibre Engineers UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, appears set to confirm earlier reports that she will make it easier for UK network operators and ISPs to tackle the ongoing shortage of skilled fibre broadband engineers by allowing the telecoms sector (as well as other industries) to hire more staff from abroad.<\/p>\n

At present, there are over a hundred network operators deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>) based broadband networks across the country, but finding UK fibre engineers with the necessary skills remains a challenge. Indeed, this is one reason why so many operators have established their own in-house training schools, but doing that takes a lot of time and money.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> See our regularly updated ‘Summary of UK Full Fibre Build Progress<\/strong><\/a>‘ for more details on those operators.<\/div>\n

Prior to Brexit, network operators would have looked to other EU countries to fill the shortfalls (Spain and Portugal have plenty of fibre engineers as their respective builds near completion), but until recently the Home Office<\/strong> had made securing surplus engineers from Europe difficult (example<\/a>).<\/p>\n

However, the government has recently been engaging major operators on this subject, with previous reports suggesting that Truss – who has pledged to build “faster<\/em>” (here<\/a>) – would aim to solve the problem by developing a fast-track scheme for foreign engineers. The move would be complemented by changes under their new Growth Plan 2022<\/strong><\/a>, which will also make it easier for operators to access telecoms poles on private land for upgrades etc.<\/p>\n

According to the FT<\/a> (paywall), Truss will deliver this by launching a review of Britain’s visa system, which will make changes to the “shortage occupation list<\/em>” (here<\/a>). The list identifies roles deemed by the UK Government to be in short supply within the resident labour market, with such roles benefitting from more relaxed eligibility criteria for sponsored work visa applications (less paper work, delays and lower visa fees etc.). Broadband engineers are not currently listed.<\/p>\n

The review, it’s claimed, could also loosen the requirement to speak English in some sectors to enable more foreign workers into the country (telecoms operators will still need English speakers). However, the change is likely to be balanced against a decrease in the number of overseas workers in other sectors (i.e. keeping net immigration level), although getting this right can be tricky and such changes don’t always encourage enough of an influx of workers to tackle the problem areas.<\/p>\n

On the political front, the Prime Minister may, possibly, be risking a clash with cabinet members who hold an anti-immigration sentiment, which would be on top of those who have also been criticising her for the recent mini-budget. The latter appears to have contributed to another plummet in the value of the pound, although Putin’s veiled threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine probably hasn’t helped.<\/p>\n

A government spokesperson said previously:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We\u2019re funding the biggest broadband rollout in British history and we are supporting broadband companies to source the essential skilled workers they urgently need. We will not be providing a running commentary on the number of workers required or visas issued.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lest we forget that any changes to help attract more fibre engineers would both indirectly and directly benefit the Government’s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit<\/strong> broadband rollout scheme, which has just started to award its first deployment contracts (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) under the Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy<\/strong> (GIS) programme.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 9:51am<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’ve had a comment from Hyperoptic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

James Fredrickson, Policy Director at Hyperoptic<\/a>, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s great to see progress being made on this issue \u2013 this will be a big help in securing the skilled labour needed to accelerate full fibre rollout. We will continue to work with the Home Office to maximise the impact of this.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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