Occupational Employment Forecasts 2015: FÁS/ESRI Report No. 10

Chapter 1 reviews the methodology used and describes the standard occupational categories used in the various analyses. Chapter 2 sketches the economic scenario for the period up to 2015 as envisaged in the ESRI 2001 Medium-Term Review publication. Chapter 3 contains analyses of the occupational forecasts, highlighting the principal features to emerge from the exercise, including the implications of the alternative background scenario. Chapter 4 analyses the implications relating to the educational needs of those in the labour force arising from the occupational forecasts. There are also supporting Appendices, of both a descriptive and statistical nature.