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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships
The quotes below are about this issue:
Employers suggest opening or re-opening programs in welding, mining, and electronic technology.
| "Given that indication that the demand for people working in the iron ore industry is going to be great for the next decade or so, it seems to me that the problem is that you hire people to work in the production jobs, and they have no understanding of the industry other than what they've heard from their grandpa or their mom or their dad. They don't understand what they're doing out there. We may be able to teach them to drive a truck or teach them whatever immediate skills they need to learn, but if they don't understand the basics of how a mining company works with drilling and blasting—sort of every stage of the industry—it's problematic. So, I think it would be a good idea if someone were to offer a certificate program to give the kids an understanding of what the mining industry—or the paper industry or whatever industry—does." | Northeast |