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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:
Respondents who represent system automation technology and machine technology occupations state they need workers with skills in quality inspection, maintenance, and program logic controls (PLCs). They also say that higher order computer skills are essential.
| "MnSCU, they can think ahead, they need to focus more on automation technology." | Northwest |
| "When we get someone new it takes a lot of time to train them. And where I see deficiencies—and where it contrasts with your data—is the Baby Boomers. We've got a big group of Boomers and, as they retire and leave the workforce, that supply doesn't match it. We're going to be in a lot of trouble because it takes time to train new people. All of our machinery is computer-controlled, it's highly specialized, it's a lot of technology. We're not seeing enough people come out of the program who can fill those positions." | Northwest |
| "That expands into the electronic design—not only the operation of them—but the design of them and the building and maintenance of them, too. Not just the people that are operating them, because they can do the basic maintenance, but it is the higher level of program and maintenance. There seems to be a real void there also." | Northwest |