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The Manufacturers Association

The Manufacturers Association. Creating Student, Parent, & Educator Interest in Manufacturing. Welcome to i EXPLORE MANUFACTURINGCAREERS.COM. On July 1, 2012

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The Manufacturers Association

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  1. The Manufacturers Association Creating Student, Parent, & Educator Interest in Manufacturing

  2. Welcome to iEXPLOREMANUFACTURINGCAREERS.COM On July 1, 2012 TheiEXPLORE Alliance of Manufacturers launched this website with goal of promoting manufacturing careers and developing an awareness of skills and training requirements that will meet manufacturing needs of today and the future.

  3. Why A WEBSITE? Workforce Challenges Significant shortages in key high-paying skilled occupations, such as machinists, operators, craft workers, technicians, certified welders, and maintenance technicians could hold back future manufacturing industry growth.

  4. Why II? FROM…January 2010 “Workforce Challenges Report”… • ….“compared to scale of annual openings, number of individuals that could be identified as completing education and training courses that qualify workers for employment in precision machining occupations is tiny… • ….on the order of five percent of annual openings.

  5. WHY III? FROM:Georgetown University 2011 Report • 10% growth projected for total number of jobs in U.S.A. between 2008 and 2018 [from 148 million to 162 million] • 17% growth projected for *STEM jobs making STEM one of the most dynamic occupation clusters in the economy. *STEM: Science Technology Engineering & Math

  6. WHY IIII?Manufacturers responses to Manufacturing Institute” 2011 Survey • 74% reported “workforce shortages or skills deficiencies in skilled production roles are having a significant impact on their ability to expand operations or improve productivity”. • 67% reported a moderate to severe shortage of available, qualified workers • 56% anticipate the shortage to grow worse in the next three to five years. • 5% of current jobs at respondent manufacturers were unfilled due to a lack of qualified candidates.

  7. How Did This Initiative Get Started? The Manufacturers Association initiated this effort in mid-2011 through a collaboration with concerned manufacturers in south central Pennsylvania.  This alliance of Manufacturers is committed to developing a collaborative environment with parents and educators to achieve our mutual goals of creating awareness, interest, and ultimately increased numbers of well qualified students who will pursue manufacturing careers.

  8. What is the objective? Manufacturers will continue to offer internships, summer employment opportunities, STEM career days, plant tours, presentations to students in the classrooms, but that has produced only limited anecdotal successes. Our objective with iEXPLOREwebsite is to have a statistical impact on number of students who will explore and pursue manufacturing opportunities through an increased awareness of the many rewarding and well-paying careers available in manufacturing.

  9. What’s In It for Educators? The iEXPLORE website supports PA State Board of Education’s “Academic Standards for Career Education and Work” These standards require school entities to develop, expand, or improve existing academic standards in understanding career options in relationship to individual interests, aptitudes, and skills including the relationship between changes in society, technology, government and economy and their effect on individuals and careers.

  10. What’s In It for Parents & Students? The iEXPLORE website is a resource to provide supplemental materials and information for courses taught in schools, providing ongoing support to students in researching career paths and occupations in manufacturing… The iEXPLORE website will eventually be populated with even more videos, along with added interactive activities to attract and retain students' interest.

  11. CHALLENGES“Overcoming Perceptions”

  12. Source: U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Report Perceptions Are Not Reality 1st Perception: Manufacturing is Stagnant REALITY: • Manufacturing accounts for about one-eighth of the overall U.S. economy • Manufacturing Produces: • 12 percent of U.S. GDP • 70 percent of R & D in U.S. • 90 percent of U.S.patents • $1.48 of additional economic activity for every $1.00 in manufactured goods

  13. Perceptions Are Not Reality II 2nd Perception: MFR’G Job Opportunities areDeclining REALITY: • Manufacturing gained 530,000 jobs from February 2010 to April 2013 • And, by one estimate, there are 600,000 openings for manufacturing jobs requiring advance skills • Manufacturing jobs are growing again, but companies now face the challenge of finding enough skilled workers to fill them • There many, many former manufacturing workers out there but employers are saying it's hard to find people to fill jobs • It really is a skills mismatch

  14. Perceptions Are Not Reality III 3rd Perception: MFR’G requires a lot of physical labor REALITY: Manufacturing Facilities Have Changed • Advances in technology have changed the way goods are produced. • Hydraulic lifts, material handling equipment, and even robots handle most heavy lifting. • Many manufacturing jobs now require highly specialized technical skills and little physical labor • Physical strength is no longer an essential job requirement, mental acuity is; and both sexes have that skill.

  15. More Perceptions…. According to Manufacturing Institute’s 2012 Survey “U.S. Public Opinions on Manufacturing” Even though 64% of Americans believe U.S. manufacturing can compete effectively in global marketplace. • 80% believe manufacturing jobs are the first to be moved to other countries. • 46% see manufacturing sector as getting weaker • 43% believe a manufacturing career is as secure and stable as a career in other industries And, in a recent survey of 600 women by the National Women’s Law Center 70% would encourage their sons to pursue a manufacturing career; however, just 55 percent would do so for their daughters.

  16. More…Manufacturing Institute 2012 Survey U.S. Public Opinions on Manufacturing Percentage of Student Respondents Who Strongly Agree or Agree With Each Statement 17% Stated that parents encouraged them to pursue a career in manufacturing” 20% Believe the school system in their community provides exposure to skills required to pursue careers in manufacturing 43% Believe a manufacturing career is as secure and stable as a career in other industries 49% Believe students today are qualified to work in the U.S. manufacturing industry 49% Believe the school system in their community encourages students to pursue careers in manufacturing (e.g. science,technology, engineering, and math) 56% Believe manufacturing jobs are clean and safe

  17. Manufacturing Institute 2012 Survey U.S. Public Opinions on Manufacturing ManufacturingA Viable Career Choice? Comparing survey results from previous year reveals little change in which industries Americans choose to begin their careers. Industry Rank Technology industry 1 Energy industry 2 Healthcare industry 3 Communications industry 4 Manufacturing industry 5 Financial services industry 6 Most encouraging is 18 to 24 year olds’ response to manufacturing careers as “being both interesting and rewarding” jumped 14% from 39% in 2011 to 53% in 2012.

  18. Manufacturing Continues to Play Vital Role in Local Economy Manufacturing employment In U.S. • Peaked at 19.6 million jobs in 1979 [21.7% employed in manufacturing] • Bottomed out at 11.5 million jobs in 2010 [9% employed in manufacturing] • Supports jobs in other industries with employment multiplier higher than other sectors such as retail trade or business services with each manufacturing job supporting 2.9 jobs in other industries.

  19. South Central PAAGING WORKFORCE

  20. iEXPLORE PATH FORWARD…. The manufacturing community will continue to play an important role as a liaison to schools and providing a range of support services, serving as a valuable source for information on careers and occupations within a wide variety of industry segments. We are able to drawn from actual experiences of our sponsoring companies who serve as expert content resources for this project. Future iEXPLORE web pages will expand career opportunity profiles along with sponsoring companies’ and their employees’ success stories.

  21. The Manufacturers Association 160 Roosevelt Ave York, PA 17401 717-843-3891 Serving The Interests of Business Since 1906 http://www.mascpa.org/http://www.iexploremanufacturingcareers.com/

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