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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Occupation-Specific Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Some employers mention hiring machine operators and others without fundamental technical skills because of an inadequate labor supply. They would also like to see an increase in the technical skills of those coming in with four-year degrees as well.
| "They don't have any skills as a machine operator, but since we have the need, we just accept that we'll be training them on how to work with the machine—everything about the basics of the machine. We also do a safety-training program, so they will know what not to do with the machine. But we don't have anyone that is really a machine operator—we haven't had anybody that has come in and already knows everything on the machine. So, we need some people that have more of an idea how to really work the machine. And we don't have many young people applying for these jobs, at least entry-level. But, at the same time, they need to have certain skills to know how to logically work those machines, so they can be safe and they can fully produce everything. We don't really have anybody with any education. Not even high school. But they work with these machines, and we train them, and it's a little while until they're fully trained." | Metro |