On November 12, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), which specializes in solar energy-related businesses, announced the results of a fact-finding survey on human resource recruitment at solar and storage battery construction and sales companies. According to the survey, 90.7% of respondents found it difficult to secure technical personnel. The company also provides economic diagnosis services for solar and storage batteries.

The work is mainly done by solar/storage battery engineers
(Source: Kokusai Kogyo)
This is an internet survey conducted by IDEATECH (Minato-ku, Tokyo), and the survey period was from October 16 to 17. 109 human resources and recruitment managers from companies that sell and install solar panels and storage batteries responded.

Difficulty in securing technical human resources
(Source: Kokusai Kogyo)
In terms of industry type (multiple responses allowed), technical positions related to solar energy production and storage (design, construction management, etc.) were mainly involved, with 40.4% answering "on-site investigation" and 40.4% answering "customer support". (economic benefit simulation)". 34.9% said ``recommendation and proposal'', and 33.0% said ``system design.''

Reasons for difficulty in securing human resources
(Source: Kokusai Kogyo)
When asked whether they found it difficult to secure technical personnel, 32.0% answered “very much” and 58.7% answered “somewhat”. The reasons for this (allowing multiple answers) were ``because there are very few candidates with the necessary professional qualifications for the job’’, 63.6% and ``because the scope of work is wide, the burden on technical staff is very large, and many people quit their jobs’’ 44.4% said ``The workload is too heavy for the working conditions and there are not many Awakawa vehicles.’’
Additionally, 19.2% of respondents said that salespeople use simulators to interact with customers, and 62.4% said that they do. Regarding the division of roles between salespeople and engineers, 44.0% of respondents said that ``salespeople should do the simulation themselves'' and 34.9% said that ``engineers should do the simulation.''
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