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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.
| "We're always looking for more. And I think where that falls apart is when you talk about secondary schools. I think you could poll a hundred guidance counselors and ask, 'What is mechatronics?' And maybe one of them will know the answer." | Southwest |
| "When we advertise in the papers, we'll get some people that have been out there in the job force. They don't have the degree, but they're kind of a mechanic. They've learned by doing. But they don't both sides—they're either a mechanic or an electrician—and we need people that can do both. The best way to put it is that we do a lot of molding, so we have a lot of molding machines. And when we call the factory because we need service on the machines, they don't ask whether it is an electrical problem or a mechanical problem. They say that they'll send a technician. And that's the kind of people we need, and that's what these mechatronics programs put out." | Southwest |
| "We could use electronic technicians that are not just very narrowly taught in some areas, but that have wider, more open knowledge. And I'll use that position to move them up into engineering. And some of my comments have been focused because I look specifically for them for my department, for my engineering group. The ones that we're really making use of are the electronic technicians who come out of a two-year degree, and that's not easy to find around here." | Southwest |