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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 who represent machine technology and mechanical design and drafting occupations need electronic technicians who understand mechanical components and who are trained in mechatronics. They also say skilled drafters are in short supply.
| "I recruited once for a manual machinist, and I did not get a single applicant. I had a lot of people come in and say, 'Well, I used to do manual machining, but I'm a CNC now.' But that's just a stepping stone back into the CNC department." | Northwest |
| "We're expanding our CNC department, so we will need more of the CNC programmers and operators." | Northwest |
| "Our business has turned from a manual side to a CNC side, so we want our people to understand blueprint reading and computer technology." | Northwest |
| "We hired probably a dozen electronic technicians from the outside, and we have six to twelve going through an internal full-scholarship program at [MnSCU college]. They get paid to go to class, and then—when they actually become electronic technicians—they earn about six more dollars an hour. So, electronics and maintenance is really our bread and butter. But automated systems would be our number one need though." | Northwest |
| "It is similar to what we're doing with the engineering. It is basically a familiarity with electronic components. It is a basic foundation." | Northwest |