Employer Quotes

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.

Employer Quote	Region
"[MnSCU college] is actually the only one that has Swiss machines, and we use almost exclusively Swiss machines. I'm not sure exactly what the machine technology program at [MnSCU] is like—if it's classwork or a combination of classwork and actually working on machines. But if they don't have a Swiss machine, then from the get-go, they lack that experience. Although, when we're desperate, we might hire someone without that experience."	Southwest
"You know those 18-month certificates or diplomas in basic machining? Now they can specialize in milling, multi-access turning, multi-access millings, Swiss machining. Those are going to be the higher specialized things as far as machining goes that are going to be needed. There probably will be a need for a third and a fourth year of education for each employee. That's my gut feeling. There's going to be a need for that type of stuff."	Southwest
"And we need some of that as well—the skills for reading documentation and looking at assembly pictures."	Southwest