{"id":14844,"date":"2025-07-07T01:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T01:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=14844"},"modified":"2025-06-30T11:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:50:42","slug":"leea-lifting-industry-survey-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/leea-lifting-industry-survey-results\/","title":{"rendered":"LEEA Lifting Industry Survey Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/leea\/\">The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA)<\/a> launched its State of the Lifting Industry Report during the recent Global Lifting Awareness Day, as part of its \u2018Shining a light on the Industry that holds the world up\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many key findings, an important reveal from the study is that 71% of respondents believe their firms could do more to ensure lifting operators work to the highest safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>This global survey, commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/leea\/\">LEEA<\/a> in May 2025, reveals further critical challenges facing the lifting sector in terms of skills shortages, limited training pathways and a lack of awareness of the industry among the next generation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The full report can be downloaded on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/leea\/\">LEEA<\/a> microsite dedicated to the campaign: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leealiftingfutures.com\">leealiftingfutures.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conducted in March and April 2025, this was the first global survey focused specifically on these issues and garnered almost 400 responses from over 50 countries. Member and non-member firms were surveyed on the key recruitment, training and skills gaps issues among lifting operators.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14845\" style=\"width: 1220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1210\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05.png 1210w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05-400x258.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05-357x230.png 357w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05-440x284.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05-597x385.png 597w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05-504x325.png 504w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-at-12.45.05-589x380.png 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An important reveal from the study is that 71% of respondents believe their firms could do more to ensure lifting operators work to the highest safety standards.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Among the many important findings that shine a light on the challenges within the Lifting industry, it found employment of older workers varies geographically, being high in the UK (85%) and Australia\/NZ (83%), but low in the Middle East (27%) and Africa (39%). Many firms are not fully preparing for the retirement of these workers.<\/p>\n<p>This leads into recruitment challenges with 79% of firms facing difficulties in this area, mainly due to applicants lacking knowledge of laws\/regulations (76%) and required safety behaviours (62%). Most firms address this by training existing staff.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of staff retention, 58% of firms struggle to retain lifting operators, citing challenging environments (36%) and competition for skilled staff (16%).<\/p>\n<p>Gaining the right skills is a further challenge, with 69% of firms reporting skills gaps, particularly in knowledge of laws\/regulations (67%) and safety behaviours (51%). Main causes include new hires (66%) and lack of ongoing training (46%).<\/p>\n<p>Looking at future skills needs, 90% of firms expect lifting operators to need new skills within a year: primarily knowledge of new\/revised laws (83%) and enhanced safety behaviours (64%). However, only half of firms provide at least annual training. Barriers include lack of time for both staff and managers.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the survey findings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/leea\/\">LEEA<\/a> CEO Dr Ross Moloney said: \u201cOur survey offers valuable insights for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/leea\/\">LEEA<\/a> and its members to drive targeted improvements in recruitment, training and safety in lifting operations worldwide. We are pleased to find that it also reveals that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/leea\/\">LEEA<\/a> members demonstrate stronger training practices and more advanced management of lifting operators compared to non-members. I urge everybody connected with the Lifting Industry to read this report.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the State of the Lifting Industry Report for free on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/leea\/\">LEEA<\/a> microsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leealiftingfutures.com\">leealiftingfutures.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) launched its State of the Lifting Industry Report during the recent Global Lifting Awareness Day, as part of its \u2018Shining a light on the Industry that holds the world up\u2019 campaign. 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