2017年2月13日，新加坡电梯监管机构新加坡建物局BCA(the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore ，BCA)宣布：未来3年新加坡需要新增电梯工1000名。根据当日签署的理解备忘录，新加坡建物局将协助缓解电梯工短缺的窘境。
    增加电梯工人数的主要措施包括：将其它工种的转化过来做电梯工，更重要的是吸引新人进入这个行业。比如增加该行业的吸引力等，当然最直接的方式是提高电梯工收入。另外，政府也会资助电梯类的培训项目。
    目前，新加坡大概有2000多名电梯工对大约63000台电梯和6000台自动扶梯（自动人行道）进行维护保养。

　　1000 elevator workers added in Singapore in 3 years

　　The Building and Construction Authority of Singapore (BCA) has announced on 13rd February that Singapore would need 1000 more elevator workers in 3 years. BCA is planning to relief such demand in accordance with the memorandum of understanding signed on the very day.

　　To increase the amount of elevator workers, the authority would focus on attracting more people to this industry, including workers in other type of hands-on work or young people who are entering the society. The most direct and effective way to boost the attraction of the industry is to raise incomes of elevator workers. Moreover, the authority would support relevant training programs.

　　Singapore has around 2000 elevator workers to maintain and repair 63000 sets of elevators and 6000 sets of escalators/moving walkways currently.