I find this sort of lack of future planning occurs in many industries. Where I live there is a high demand for engineers, but few companies are willing to train

I find this sort of lack of future planning occurs in many industries. Where I live there is a high demand for engineers, but few companies are willing to train graduates, they prefer to import workers since without loyalty, training is simply a cost-centre. If the problem gets bad enough, governments respond with University funding, which takes at least 4 years before this flows on to industry.