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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:
Employers in machine technology and production technology occupations would like to see more candidates with production technology skills. This includes the ability to understand the entire manufacturing process and the ability to effectively implement change.
| "Historically, our company has taken production operators that are advanced, and then transitioned them into maintenance mechanics. We're just now, I think, seeing the trend that we're having to go outside because there aren't enough interested production people. And we're raising the bar a little bit. Now, we're going to be getting into some of these one-year, two-year type of prerequisite skills that you do need to be a mechanic in our operation." | Northeast |