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workforce Using apprenticeships as talent incubators Jeremy Diebel


Senior Machining Manager


Cultivating a Ready Workforce I


t’s no secret that manufacturing facilities across the country are struggling to attract skilled talent. Articles have been written, speeches delivered and panels con- vened to help address the worker shortage that continues to ripple through the industry. A 2015 report from The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte found that the skills gap is widening. “Over the next decade, nearly three and a half million manufacturing jobs likely need to be fi lled and the skills gap is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfi lled,” according to the report’s authors. An aging workforce and a lack of interest from millennials in pursu- ing a manufacturing career are often blamed, but there’s also a clear disconnect between the reality of the job mar- ket and the training options available to young adults. As a result, manufacturing positions that offer family-supporting wages and opportunities for growth are going unfi lled in underemployed communities.


MTU America Aiken, SC


and soft skills—as early as high school. By training the future members of the job market with the skills today’s high-tech manufacturing industry demands, more young adults will feel confi dent in their chosen career path, and facilities will cultivate a steady stream of highly skilled talent.


Orientation


When MTU America opened its plant in Graniteville, SC, in 2010, we found a healthy pool of skilled applicants for the plant’s available jobs, which served to get the plant up and running. However, it became apparent that future expan- sion plans would depend on a continuous pool of qualifi ed employees that were not readily available. We looked to our German roots and invested in Aiken County’s educa- tion system by partnering with the Aiken County Career & Technology Center (ACCTC) and high schools to bring a new approach to vocational training.


Colleges may be churning out students who know things, but today’s job market requires candidates who can do things.


For many youth, college is presented as the only option worthy of consideration after high school, but the job mar- ket has changed. Instead of gliding into the bright career their college brochures promised, many college graduates are fi nding themselves working at low-paying jobs, saddled with suffocating student loan debt. Colleges may be churn- ing out students who know things, but today’s job market requires candidates who can do things. Out of necessity, education and industry are working together more and more to bridge this gap. At the inter- section between knowledge and training, apprenticeship programs are ideal talent incubators. Though underutilized in the US, apprenticeship programs allow companies to begin preparing students for the workforce—with both technical


MTU’s Apprenticeship Program is modeled after the German dual vocational training system and targets high school students before they graduate—the fi rst program in South Carolina to introduce high school students to technical career alternatives. With the support of the ACCTC, the MTU Apprenticeship Pro- gram launched in 2012. The goal was simple: provide an avenue for students to earn a wage while they learn and obtain work skills immediately sought after by manufacturing employers. Students as young as high school freshmen are intro- duced to MTU via plant tours and presentations. By 10th grade the student selection process begins with teacher nominations and enrollment in the program for those who have completed the prerequisites. As high school juniors students begin their career in manufacturing.


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