Development aid was suspended and from 1987 to 1992 about 50, 000 people - mostly Indo-Fijian skilled tradespeople and professionals - emigrated.
Many employers, particularly those who require skilled tradespeople, prefer to use the services of a reputable hiring hall rather than attempt to find qualified, responsible recruits by themselves.
Many of the early residents were skilled or semi-skilled tradespeople.
The population included a large number of skilled tradespeople and craftspeople, and both large and small industries abounded.
The education system in Fort Nelson is mainly geared towards providing the oil and gas industry with educated and skilled tradespeople.
The city and its skilled tradespeople will be worth more to us intact, anyway.
A number of local business leaders supported the school due to the shortage of skilled tradespeople in the city.
Both parties want to recreate technical schools, which vanished in the 1950s when their popularity dwindled, offering pupils aged 14 to 19 training and apprenticeships to become skilled tradespeople.
Almost 20 years ago, a group of artists and skilled tradespeople began living in the dilapidated hulk.
Then as the country grew, so did the need for skilled tradespeople and administrators, and the secondary sector also expanded.