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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:
There is a need for machinists and machine operators who have the following skills: blueprint reading, analog technology, Swiss technology, and manual machining.
| "We just hired a couple of mechanics that graduated from our CTC this spring. And our equipment is so specialized—it's canning equipment and it's any type of food packaging equipment—this is equipment that I don't believe they have at our CTC. These are things that will break down, and you may have to take them apart and rebuild them. And we're finding that when we hire someone with a degree or a certificate or whatever, once they get in there, it's hit or miss. They have the same degree, same education, but one can do it and one can't because the machines are so specialized. So, that's a problem we see." | Southeast |
| "There's a big difference between working on a car and working on a piece of canning equipment. They are completely different. And when we did recruit, we looked for people who were mechanics their whole life. We thought. 'Okay, let's give them a shot.' And is it the same? Oh, no, it's not the same." | Southeast |