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Gadsden State Community College recently announced its plans to construct a new 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Center that will be located on the institution's East Broad Campus.
Adobe Stock Manufacturers face a growing gap between the skills they need and the skills available in the work market. Education may provide part of the answer.
Manufacturing has taken a hit during the pandemic. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), manufacturing employment increased by 53,000 in March. Despite those recent gains, industry employment is 515,000 below its February 2020 level. Yet more manufacturing industries are adding jobs than losing jobs. In March, average hourly earnings for all employees in manufacturing increased by 5 cents to $29.15. The average hourly earnings of production workers increased by 3 cents to $23.28.
Yet manufacturers still speak of unfilled jobs. A Deloitte Consulting report projects 3.5 million manufacturing jobs needed by 2025 and expects 2 million of them to go unfilled. Companies are seeing the potential of apprenticeship programs to help minimize skyrocketing costs associated with these gaps. Many c