Manufacturers
are in the process of aligning the coursework in technical schools with their
current skilled labor needs. It takes a year or more to get manufacturing space
ready to install equipment. The first group of employees needed are Production
Technicians who will need to be trained on the equipment these companies plan
to install. Production Equipment Companies provide Trainers who are experts on
the equipment.
There are
currently 500,000 manufacturing job openings in the US that require training in
computerized electro-mechanical production equipment set-up and maintenance.
These skills are unique to the equipment used and require Technicians trained
in electronics, mechanics and software.
Community
college “Quick Start: programs were used effectively in the 1980s to prepare
students to learn electronic assembly, circuit board test and repair, automatic
insertion and wave solder machine set-up, test, maintenance and calibration.
Similar
programs are used to prepare Technicians to drill for oil and natural gas, weld
pipelines, install electronics sensors and valves and build LNG plant
equipment.
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Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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