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The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing

They are talking about this topic: Needs & Challenges in Continuing Education

 

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Employers are interested in more extensive partnering with MnSCU on incumbent training programs. They are in need of training and certificate programs that are customized, on-site, and flexible. Ideally, this type of training could be offered without interrupting the production process.

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"Employer 1: We are trying to find some creative ways on how to do future training. If we can bring in somebody from either a local community college to help improve the skills of our machinists—who are being asked to do things they've never had exposure to before, or that they just don't know. I mean, they are not interested in going to a program.

Employer 2: Like going to school after work.

Employer 1: They need to be trained, but they also have to work. So what do we do in the meantime? Because the skills they do have are valuable, so we don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater."		 Southwest
"Our struggle is how do you keep production running while also training the workers who are essential to the production process? I thought it was a really interesting idea to have somebody that's—maybe it's your person that knows how to run this or was the expert in that—teaching everybody else. I'm thinking, 'How could I get those people off the machine for a day?' That's our struggle." Southwest
"Employer 1: There probably will be a need for a third or a fourth year of education for each employee. That's my gut feeling—that there's going to be a need for that type of stuff. You know those 18-month certificates or diplomas in basic machining? And how they can specialize in milling, multi-access turning, multi-access millings, or Swiss machining? Those are going to be the higher specialized things that are going to be needed as far as machining goes.

Employer 2: So, they come in at 18 months. Are they going to come work for you, and then decide what to do?

Employer 1: Right. That's what I would like to do. I would like to hire them, and then send them back—whether to day classes, night classes, or online classes. We're really trying to put together something within our company that does that—where the schools are a big part of it. So, part of it will be internal and it will be online. I don't think there's any one magic bullet that's going to fix this."		 Southwest
"The most important thing I learned in college was how to teach myself. But I don't think that that's what everybody is learning coming out of any type of higher degree program. They've learned how to jump through the hoops for the professor to get the grade, to get the certificate, to get on with their life, and to make money. But they didn't necessarily learn how to learn. I see it when I try to build maintenance programs. I've got a bunch of guys who can go out there and turn wrenches on what we have right now, but I'm looking at the next generation of Dutch engineering and thinking, 'I want that. I want that in my plant right now.' And I know that it's going to be an incredible uphill slog to get my current maintenance force to be able to fix that new technology. So, something that the higher institutions could focus on to help us out—help me anyway—is teaching them how to learn, rather than just how to check the box. Because I see a lot of check-the-box education." Southwest
"I need a nine-month certificate. As soon as you can get that nine-month certificate out there, I'll be more than happy to just hook a pipeline from the back door of your college right to the front door of my company. I'd be more than happy to." Southwest