Mattias Broman runs several companies in northern Sweden and has a base in Skellefteå that is growing so it's cracking right now.
Here, the shortage becomes especially noticeable when electricians in society are needed for everything from housing construction to the installation of charging posts for electric cars.
It can even be difficult to find high school interns.
- Previously, we were called down by those who needed an internship.
Now it has turned so that we have to look for trainees.
This year we bit and got no one from high school, says Broman, who partly had to bring in foreign labor to manage jobs.
More need to be educated
The latest recruitment survey from the organization Confederation of Swedish Enterprise shows that there are already 30,000 trained installers in Sweden.
- It well reflects our everyday life and is a clear sign that there are too few training places.
He wants to see an increased and closer collaboration between business and school so that society will succeed in educating more people to the right skills.
- The situation is urgent.
We are sensitive to the needs, but we can also not have educations that too few apply for, says Olof Nyström who is both a teacher in the electricity and energy program at Balderskolan and chairman of the Social Democrats in Skellefteå.