- Plan Your Education
- Explore Education Options
- Prepare for College
- Pay for College
- Apply to College
- How to Choose a Major
- Education Search Tools
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.
| "Finding a well-rounded maintenance person is nearly impossible for us. In rural Minnesota, somebody hit on the idea that they can come in at $30 an hour right out of technical college. And they have only book skills, no hands-on relevant experience. Or you have the older generation that has a lot of years of experience, but they're very set in their ways. They're not going to work with your hours. There's just a huge gap for us in maintenance. When I saw the numbers—that supply and demand are supposedly equal—I was doubtful. I've seen postings across many cities for technicians, so we're competing with everybody else. And they're job-hopping because they make more money, maybe an extra buck an hour, if they switch jobs." |
Southeast |
| "On our production floor, we need more skills relative to what we can get from the community college and good two-year programs. In our case, we have very capital intensive businesses, and we need a skill set that can maintain those pieces of equipment, so there is a balance." | Southeast |