The Skills Gap
The following feature story was published in Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operation© magazine (March 2016), on addressing the skills gap in manufacturing.
By Bethe Croy, Associate Editor
Addressing the Skills Gap in 2016
Conversation about the skills gap is ubiquitous across the industry, but even more so as the new year starts to settle and more skilled workers inch closer to retirement.
Some manufacturers are not sure how to address the skills gap, and others are trying various programs and methods to smooth the transition from the many retiring skilled workers to the few and unskilled youth entering the industry, but ultimately all manufacturers should have a goal in mind when it comes to combatting the issue and promoting proper training for the new workforce...
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