The first specified skilled worker from overseas hired by Nagoya Railroad has started work as a rolling-stock maintenance technician. The worker is responsible for maintaining brake equipment at the Maiki Inspection Depot as the company seeks to secure personnel over the long term to ensure safe, reliable transport.
Nagoya Railroad announced on the 2nd that the first specified skilled worker from overseas hired by the company had started work as a rolling-stock maintenance technician. The work is being carried out at the rolling-stock inspection depot and includes maintaining brake equipment. Amid worsening labor shortages, the company aims to secure technical personnel over the long term.
The employee is from Indonesia and was hired on 1 October. The employee recently completed training in operational knowledge and safety management. Meitetsu said it will continue hiring personnel as partners who can pass on their refined skills and support safe, secure and reliable transport.
The railway industry is finding it increasingly difficult to secure young technicians amid the declining birth rate and aging population, while retirements among experienced technicians are also advancing. Human resources are being utilized more actively following the addition of railways to the fields covered by the specified skilled worker system in March 2024.