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good morning welcome to the overview of minnesota manufacturing careers as part
of iseek's online manufacturing career fair
i'm jamie buss i'm with iseek solutions and i'm your moderator for this webinar
i'm trying to get to the next slide
there we go
before i turn things over to our um
i guess i'm not your moderator maybe i'm your host before i turn things over to bob
i'm gonna just walk you through a couple things about uh... the
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i'm going to introduce bob hoenie
who's our
going to moderate the panel today
if i can find his
bio bob is a business services specialist
with the minnesota
department of
employment and economic development
uh... he's it's great that we have him with us today he's an expert
uh...in manufacturing and with helping businesses solve business problems
he helps businesses in the north metro area identify issues that inhibit their
growth
and assists them to source solutions to help address those concerns
he brings a varied background that includes business operations and management, sales
higher education
and business training
uh...
so that is our esteemed
presenter before i turn control over to bob i just want to report to you a little bit
about who we've got on the line today
uh... we've got
uh... ryan from right technical center
we've got
uh... an unemployed quality engineer in minneapolis we've got
somebody from theif
river falls in uh...
work experience
coordinator program we've got a student at metro state
we've got someone uh... michael deployed overseas with the minnesota
a r
n g national guard
uh... and it's just myself ten students and a teacher
and a pre engineering class we've got
a job seeker in woodbury rogers high school
uh... cottage grove is in the house
uh...
so some
folks from empowered
great to see that we've got wide variety of folks from all over the state we have
fond du lac ojibwe school
grades nine to twelve. fourteen students and two staff
fabulous
glad to see your all with us this morning
uh... well combined i'm gonna turn things over to bob here
take it away bob
well good morning
and welcome to the uh...
the webinar today
uh... to start out with uh...
we've got a good group of panalists here so
we're going to get started and dig right in
and as jamie said if you have any questions please
get them in to the system so that we can answer them at the end
but to start out with
uh... business service specialist
uh... we play an important role in workforce development in the state
our job is to really
help businesses identify anything that's inhibiting their growth and help them source solutions
while our main focus is workforce development we do address all areas
of concern
and have resources that produce positive outcomes for the companies
our goal is strong companies
are good companies that are going to grow and add employees
and that's our focus
now as we meet with businesses in key economic sectors in the state
manufacturing is one of our biggest
we start talking about
uh...
what is giving them
concerns
what they need to have happen to make
themselves available to
grow and be more productive
we bring all information back to the workforce centers
and when we get into the workforce centers we're talking to the workforce
investment boards and the staff there
about what we're hearing because we're seeing common goals
and common needs
so what we try and do
is really
uh get the information back so that the programs and the dollars that are coming
out of washington d_c_
are able to
be focused into training programs that have a purpose
and a focus for that region
of the state
as we assist them
as i say we continue to identify concerns and we move forward from there
what we're hearing has been pretty consistent from employers over the last
five years
nearly eighty eight percent of employers agree that the challenges their
employees face within their organizations are more complex today
then they've ever been before
and that success to the organization employees need to have higher levels of
learning and knowledge today
to be able to have a positive impact on the outcome of a company
sixty five percent of employers believe that on-the-job experience is
more important
than knowledge learned and formal education
it's not that they don't value that formal education they do
but right now in today's world on average it costs an employer ten thousand
dollars to hire an individual into the company
that's why they cannot afford to make mistakes they have to know that an
individual can do the job they are being hired to do
and a lot of times
the best
uh... judge of that is their past experiences
so as they continue to move forward thirty two percent believe in a combination of
education and experience is critical component to their hiring decisions
so it's important when you're putting your resumes together that you're
showing what your experiences are your education and how you see
that fitting for that job
for students started a four-year college or technical degree half of what they've
learned in the first year will be updated by their third year of study
another reason why employers are looking for students to do internships
on-the-job training all sorts of things
the big thing we're looking at is
as we see
uh... retirements coming
thirty thousand baby boomers are retiring everyday in this nation
many of these people are leaving the company's after extended periods of
employment with vast stores of knowledge
critical to the operations of those companies
to survive many businesses are looking to identify people who have the basic
skills to absorb
and apply that knowledge before the boomers leave
i worked with one company who had six of their senior machinist programmers
come back from their holiday break at christmas
and announce they were leaving within thirty days
when you think about that
within hours that company realized they had almost lost a hundred eighty-five
years of experience
working in their company
that could cripple them in a lot of areas
they identified individuals from the current staff to start training
immediately
and they did the on-the-job training to get that knowledgebase transferred so
that they didn't have a downtime in their company
businesses are finding themselves in a unique position
of having the need to expand to meet customer demand
but unable to find the employees
to do the work
in the skills gap survey that our division just completed
forty five percent
of the employers that responded to our survey said that it's moderate to severe
serious problem for them finding skilled labor
fifty eight percent
in skilled production
go unfilled right now
so there is a lot of good jobs to be had out here
but again you have to have the right skill makeup
global competition is putting pressure on our businesses to produce their products
at higher quality standards in a shorter period of time
and at cheaper cost
just-in-time has taken on a whole new meaning in today's competitive
environment from what i was even ten years ago
everyone hears about china taking our
work because they have uh... they can do it cheaper
but the need for smaller inventory shorter delivery times and quality
issues
are the main reasons we are seeing a lot of on-shoring of the
jobs that we lost before they're coming back
because they have to
with that said we are now facing an increasing number
or increasing manufacture presence close to home puerto rico is expecting
an experience in manufacturing boom like never before
costa rica's are only a four hours flight time from miami
and for the right products like computer chips
can be a viable alternative
which means we're down to
what we're looking at
how do we compete
what is it that we're going to do
that would allow us to be able to move...forward
and for some reason jamie the slides are not moving
um...
on slide six minnesota manufacturing community is made up of high-tech companies
producing cutting edge technology products we are number two in the country
for medical medical device manufacturing
and if i remember correctly we are number five in the world for medical
device manufacturing
our manufacturing base works heavily in defense contracting
everything
including ammunitions radar guidance systems and the next generation of night
vision goggles
that our troops are using overseas today
aviation automotive
computer hardware software security paper products for the financing
industry
recreational products wood products and food production
are just the beginning of what makes our manufacturing center here in this state so
strong and competitive
we have a very diverse manufacturing base to build strength into our
communities
to maintain these levels of superiority our companies are driving and adopting
new technology at a very fast pace
it's what gives them their competitive advantage in the world markets
the fact alone translates into an evolving challenging career for those
who want to learn
on iseek you can find the career paths and their requirements spelled out in easy to
understand detail
an example is entry level
manual machine operators with a high school diploma
next level up is going to be mid-level that's going to be engineering
technicians with an a_a_ s_ degree
and also are
programmers that are working on these computer
based machines
senior level would be engineering managers with applied engineering b_a_s degree
uh... maybe you're gonna want to work in the green manufacturing sector the reality is
a lot of companies are looking to the green paths because it's a way to
build into their
manufacturing processes lean manufacturing techniques that saved them
operating time and money
these careers focus on creating products that benefit the environment
or that are made from
environmental friendly materials some green manufacturing compares and involves
manufacturing processes
and aim to reduce wasted energy
while products are being made
they can evolve into sales and marketing the products positions range from
production workers and supervisors to science technicians
for supply change managers
science and technology careers stem as you're hearing
uh... are going to really be important
and where does that leave us
quite frankly
manufacturing careers pay
and i've got a few up on the slide right now
on average our manufacturing careers in this state
are paying anywhere from a dollar to three dollars over the national average
and that goes back to the high tech side of our business
numeric
control of processing control programmers are making
the median wage twenty five twenty eight that means half the people earn
less half the people earn more
on the high end we're looking at thirty four eighty three
and these jobs come with complete benefits
from the companies
you're also looking at computer-controlled machine tool
operators
two dollars more than the national wage
extruding and drawing machine setters operators
three dollars more than the national as you can see we have a lot of things
going here for us
and quite frankly if you want end up being homer simpson and running the
power plant
power plant operators in this state are making thirty two eighty five to a high end of
forty three
twenty one an hour
that's ninety thousand dollars a year
and people say manufacturing's left the country
i don't think so
and i'd like to turn over to troy land
uh... with dynamic sealing technologies troy's got a different perspective on
things
so take it away troy
thanks bob
good morning everyone
as bob said my name is troy land
looking to see if i
looks like i may have
control here
well uh... just quick to uh... introduce dynamic sealing technologies
our company specializes in the design and manufacturing of... fluid rotary
unions or rotary swivels
and what they do is they allow people
uh... to deliver
fluid and gas is to rotating equipment so when we build manufacturing equipment
automation
or products in the field day that need to have
fluids or air delivered through rotary system
that is where we specialize in solving people's problems
uh... my second slide shows
a variety of uh... our products
i'm not able to advance that jamie
uh theres a theres a some of the products that we made make theres a whole variety
the tan colored rotary union is a a union thats used on a
uh... mine sweeping
uh... apparatus that goes on multipurpose vehicles that are used in
iraq and afghanistan
so these uh... products can be utilized anywhere from within the factory to
out in the field applications
uh... our industries
which'll be displayed on the next slide
uh go from aerospace defense
solar energy
wind power
medical device
uh gas and oil and when we talk about gas and oil its about safe ways to
handle gas and oil products in either subsea applications or on
on land
oilfield so
a whole variety of industries that are active and growing
demand products
that are ... that we provide solutions for
thats a little bit about our company
uh... specifically
we hire how many people to be a part of our manufacturing process
and as uh... bob had mentioned earlier we have an aging workforce
you can go to the next slide there jamie
the aging workforce is is a real challenge for us because
we really have that limited amount of time to do that on-the-job training
consequently myself our organization other manufacturers that i interact with
we are documenting everything that we do we're trying to capture all the ideas and
thoughts that have been learned over the years
because our future candidates will need to be able to follow a process read a
very detailed drawing
and be able to be flexible to work throughout the factory
the traditional method of entering the factory and
doing hands-on training on a piece of machinery and running that machinery for
several years or until you retire those days are gone
our our
our senior workforce are going to probably ease themselves into their retirement
where they'll be willing to work part time work or
uh... or on a on a
as needed basis
and so are workforce needs to be able to flex and move to where these resources are
available for training
uh... are our training documentation is on the computer
we use computers to track payroll we use
computers to track materials and costs
in everybody from the person that's
the janitor cleaning the factory to the
highest steel design engineer
are using computers from the moment they enter the factory to the moment they leave
the factory
so these skills need to be developed
uh... for anybody thats
thinking to enter the manufacturing world
um you can advance the slide on this one
so
the thing here is that we're going to have continuous training as as employees
uh the idea of entering the factory learning how to operate a piece of
machinery and your training is complete is is uh...
is
gone by the wayside
uh... training will continue everyday because technology is advancing
i added some some links here
the manufacturing alliance is a is a great resource
on continuous improvement training
they have a whole variety of courses and workshops that
are reasonably priced
and if you are employed your employer may even be a member
our efficiency and quality are essential for our survival as bob had mentioned there
are jobs that went offshore that are coming back
but our threats are very close there is uh... southern states
uh... in the u_s_ that are taking jobs from minnesota just because their
their economy is more affordable and allows for lower wages
we need to be advanced in our technology we need to be efficient
and we need to make sure that we're building quality product
at the source
of the
the minnesota precision manufacturers association
has several courses that talk about precision manufacturing and quality
uh... people need to be exposed to that if they're going to enter
the manufacturing world
you can advance the slide jamie
this uh...caption here is
uh... the corner of one of our factories in the machining area
you'll notice as you look at the floor
the shine on the floor and it's a very clean neat environment this is during
production this is not a
staged photo
uh... in this corner of the factory we have uh... eleven different machine
tools
ranging from lathes to mills to grinders
uh... the coolants are all self-contained with mist collectors it's
bright
it's clean the traditional factories and smokestacks are gone..um
the environments that we work in today we need precision instruments we
need computers and we just
have be able to maintain a high level of quality
within the environment and transfer transfer that into our products
so this is just a quick snapshot from a recent photo
um... there's
expanding
operations as we speak
so so how can you prepare
were always looking for people
entering in that may come from a service industry or a construction industry to
develop their mechanical aptitude
there's online training for a variety of different
technologies my recommendation would be to select
something of interest
and focus on it
if you're focusing on plastics then focus on plastics training and plastics
technology from injection moulding
to blow moulding or extrusion
if you're interests is more in machining
i would search for online training i have a couple of weblinks to uh...
some very
some very well recognized uh training programs and again very reasonable
investments
much much uh less investment then a college education
uh working with computers and hand tools as i mentioned earlier
is a part of everyday life
uh...
again you know
working with hand tools if you're coming from a service industry
you may not be familiar with them
uh... we need to be sure that our employees are safe there's there's places to get
training on properties hand tools and how to handle them safely
uh... that ensures that we can do training with employees and they're not
gonna become injured
and injured employees are not available to go deliver products so safety is
always very important
and finally if you're in preparation its quality inspection
at a minimum
new employees that are coming in to be trained in manufacturing need to
understand whether or not they're making a good product
uh... we can't afford to build products
and send it down the line and do a final inspection and find that we've made
uh... scrap we can't afford it
it needs to be caught at the source so everyone within the manufacturing
process needs to be capable of
blueprint reading
understanding uh
uh... de..decimals
and doing math for specifications
uh geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
training in reading symbols on blueprints are very critical to
understanding what the quality requirements are
so understanding at a minimum
the difference between good products and
uh... non-conforming productal is critical and also along with that
it would be
iso-requirements uh most of the successful manufacturing
high-tech companies are all certified in iso nine thousand one
two thousand eight
or something similar
so those are things that people can become familiar with to be prepared
um as an employer...you can advance the slide here
um... we're looking you know
we're looking for students
that can demonstrate these skill sets
we want to be sure that they can read and understand our prophecies
if they advance and they're helping us develop new technology they need to be
able to document that clearly so that that can be shared throughout factory
lessons learned have to be have to be uh documented so that they can be shared with
we can't
defer to the expert because the expert may not be here tomorrow
so reading and writing is more critical of manufacturing then it's ever been
uh also the interpersonal and teamwork skills
uh we're training constantly we're
creating a workforce that can flex and move where the workload is
in in order to do that people need to be able to interact and have team skills
and there's a lot of different training in interactive type coursework that can
helped foster that
we look for that when we're when we're looking for new candidates in
in manufacturing so
with that
um i do have a link here to our company website to our career section
uh... we started a
i-t_ network engineering yesterday
uh a sales engineer
and a cnc programmer so we added three individuals this week
i have another sale engineer starting next monday
and we still have open positions in quality inspection
and uh cnc machining
so we are continuing to expand and grow and i know there's a lot other
other uh... manufacturers like myself
the jobs are there
uh... we need people that are well-prepared so
and i'll turn that over to uh...
the next candidate bob
yeah troy when you say that you are uh... expanding uh you are literally
adding on to your building as we speak correct
that's correct we uh we expanded about another forty three thousand square
feet to our existing thirty six thousand so
over doubled the factory size
uh... they're putting the concrete in on the floor as we speak uh the parking
lots are all in place and they're finishing the landscaping outside
as a part of that process we uh...
built the factory such that we can expand into a phase three
and hopefully the next three to five years we'll expand that
for another four thou..forty-plus thousand square feet
and each of those expansions will probably create
you know twenty five to fifty jobs
now thanks troy
ok alright now let's talk about education side because you've heard a little bit
from where the jobs are coming from
and larry raddatz is here he's with dakota county technical take it over larry
good morning
um and thanks for having me on this
uh... webinar
i'm i feel like bob and troy did a
fantastic job promoting the uh...
uh... it looks like they're doing a commercial for the
uh... minnesota state colleges and universities system especially the technical
colleges
and uh... also i think i would just like to uh...
what i'll be doing is kind of reinforcing some of the things that they were saying
from from my perspective
i work for dakota county technical college and specifically i'm in the
customized training division
and what we do is
work directly with
the employees of companies so i have very little to do with the with the
students here on our campus for the traditional degree
daytime students
um but what i do is is
say troy's company would call up and say
uh... we need
uh...
cnc training we need welding training or you know
management training whatever it is
then we send an instructor right to that company and do the training right on
site
so that's that's what our function here is in all of the things
schools within the minnesota state colleges and universities system
have a department like that that will send instructors out and it could be
instructors from the college or it could be
subject matter experts or consultants
somebody that's works outside of the college that we have hired to do training for
for the companies in our area
and i work with a variety of companies
uh... everything from food processors to
plastics
to you know paper and wood products
and metal and all kinds of
uh... manufacturing processors
so i see a variety of different companies
um... that's the fun part of my job is actually going out and seeing how they
make things in those
companies it's kinda like you remember when you were a kid and you were watching
i don't can't remember if it was mister rogers or sesame street they always had things on
there about how they do things and one of the ones i remember was how they made crayons
that that's how my job is i get to go out and see how they make crayons everyday
and but it might be
you know some other product but that
kind of an idea so um
if you can flip to the next slide
and again this is just kinda reinforcing what both bob and troy were saying but
the skills that are needed in the companies that i work with
are higher level skills
i just saw an article today in minneapolis st paul business journal and unfortunately
the graphic they showed it was a good story it was about
uh... the lack of skilled workers in manufacturing
but unfortunately they graphic they used was a big muscle-bound guy holding a a huge
wrench
with smokestacks in the background
and its kinda like exactly the image that
we don't want to be talking about or showing because that's not
representative of manufacturing today
um like both um
bob and troy were saying
the jobs that are in manufacturing are high-tech high-skill jobs
requiring a lot of computer knowledge um science and math skills um ya know
all higher level skills so
someone's
that's big and strong with a
with a big wrench can't fix the problem or make the product anymore
it's people with higher skills very precise skills
one of the one of the areas that i work with and bob had mentioned how minnesota
second in medical device manufacturing um
i work a lot with medical device manufacturers in in the twin cities here
and um they make products that um
either go into operating rooms or they might be implantable devices that go
inside your body
they might be in a doctor's office so there's a whole variety of equipment that they make
and
it's very
uh... again very precise work that people do
often work they work to do is
under magnification so we're either using a
lighted magnifying lens or a microscope to do the work
but it's it's precise work that has to be done
perfectly
um... and kind of imagine...um
you know if
if uh... something was made like like lets say a cell phone
if yourself or doesn't work right that's kind of annoying
but that really doesn't harm you but something in an operating room
or a device that's implanted in your body if that doesn't work right
thats life and death so
the people that work there have to do their work very very well it has to be perfect
every time they do it
so that that device when it gets out in the field works properly
that's true with you know aerospace or
uh... devices that are made
for our soldiers over in iraq or afghanistan or someplace
um we have to make sure those products work perfectly
and that's part of the reason like bob was saying a lot of things are coming back to the u_s_
uh... somethings never left because
we want them done properly we don't want them done in
some other country where work we don't have control the quality
we also don't want to lose uh
proprietary information we don't want them stealing our technology so
uh... manufacturing is is driving here in minnesota
here's just an example of the the kind of the fine detail work if you think of
a printed circuit boards
there's a lot of companies
in the twin cities that
do work like this um
whether it's medical device or aerospace or defense contractors
that are
making things that are very very small
so the work you know it has to be a lot of attention to detail and people have to be willing to do
this very well
again keeping in mind that the product that they're working on
is going to be something that
could could
somebody's life could depend on it
and as i've mentioned
you know a lot from this photo a lot of the work thats done is done
under magnification
um and like i get mentioned with the with that article i was in the
journal today um... showing the smokestacks the big wrench
this is not the type of work that's being done here in minnesota or you know lot of places in the
u_s_ but
very high tech work that's being done
so many people whether it's parents or high-school counselors or whoever it is
just have that mental image that they see in the media or they um
that they remember back from when their grampa was working in manufacturing its something that
that's just not the case anymore
that just like that picture that troy had up on his slide of the um
of his factory floor
you know that that shiny floor
um you could eat off that floor its so clean in there
and that's the way most manufactures are
uh... these days people just don't realized that
um... the other thing that i just want to mention uh... is that um..
the minnesota state colleges universities work very closely with other educators
to get folks trained so that they can go to work for companies like troys
and um...
so whether they need english as a second language training
or basic skills training like on one of troys slides where he had you know you need to know
about decimals and fractions and measurements
uh... so you need to know the difference between um you know
help point seven eight at seven eighth
which are close but they're not the same thing
so you know you have to understand the the science and math that goes behind
what you're doing
and so that
colleges worked closely with
adult basic education with secondary educators
with community-based organizations
with non-profits
uh... a variety of education
providers that out there to make sure that folks have the skills and
knowledge that they need to go to work for these high-skilled manufacturing plants
and that was my that's it for me and i'll pass it on to the next presenter
okay thank you
and i see lester you're with us
i don't know is it working
you're here
we're ready for ya
hah. this was close
okay
so the slides should work.... yes. go ahead
all right
my name is lester engel
i'm the owner of engel metallurgical
uh...
located sauk rapids
minnesota and
how they get the slides
wants to change
ok i think jamie will do them for you
uh... thanks
and basically engel metallurgical
we provide materials engineering and testing support
to a variety of manufactures insurance companies and attorneys
actually employ then materials slice metallurgical
engineers these are folks
with four degrees from accredited universities we also employ
metallurgical technicians
where normally these folks are trained by us onsite
and we also have supports staff
uh... as another item
i happen to also be the president
of central minnesota manufactures
association
so a lot of my comments
today represent
many of the manufacturers in central minnesota
uh... really think the story is
pretty much the same for everybody and
and very similar to what you've heard from the earlier speakers
as to whats going on
in state of minnesota with manufacturing
but i think excuse me
um
some of the challenges
for the manufactures
is as you heard earlier
the more technically skilled workforce is needed
and this is especially in minnesota
uh... the employers need employees with postsecondary education
uh typically and i think you heard this earlier
a high school education
really limits your ability
to uh..get these jobs
that are unfilled right now
and some of the uh... things to uh
dispose of
the thoughts and rumors around about
all manufacturing jobs
they did not go to china as
people have heard from a lot of folks
obviously there are jobs that are gone to china
but there are many many jobs
that are right here in the state of minnesota
and basically many of those jobs are going on unfilled
because
there are not applicants with the skills that are needed by the company that
manufactures
and as you heard earlier to that uh
the other big saying is
the manufacturing jobs that they're not
the dark dirty and dangerous places
as you saw from some of the earlier pictures
most of the manufacturing
facilities are a very clean and in exceptionally good condition
and some of the things to to learn about what's going on for opportunities
is that this saturday there's going to be a tour of manufacturers
uh... you can see on the screen the uh...
website
for that
and there's a number of companies in the central minnesota area there's at least
there's ten companies that have opened
their companies up for public tours
this saturday
going from nine until three
and then there are others scattered around the state as well if you look at
that site you'll be able
to see what's
where those are at
what companies they are
uh the other big thing
is a recovery in manufacturing
from the recession it's really occurring in minnesota
i mean most of our central minnesota manufacturing members
their business
is actually doing
very well
you know that they're coming back they're much busier
uh... they're seeing actually work come back
from that they lost to china
which was mentioned earlier
and but the big thing is
these jobs
for skilled employees
they're basically going
unfilled
because we haven't
no folks
with the training to fill the jobs
and the predictions from all the manufacturers in our region
is that they expect this growth to continue
and the demand
for skilled employees is is going to just become
bigger
and in fact as the uh... baby boomers
start now leaving the work force
why we'll end up with actually a shortage of folks
to be workers
and as a job seeker
what things do you really need to do
and i can't overstate
the idea of
trying to obtain some post-secondary training uh the
technical community colleges provide just an excellent job
of training and these are
typically training
that you'd get that will lead
to where you'll actually go out and be employed and have a job
you know it won't be you get trained
and there's no work
and the four-year degrees
also provide
a lot of opportunities
a little more demanding
some of the areas where you can see more
about what's going on
is uh... three hundred sixty degrees
center of excellence which i think if you had an earlier webinar yesterday
is another great place
to get information on manufacturing training
there's also work force u
in central minnesota that you can look at
which will lead you to into some
places for training
uh... to be able to get these jobs
flooring what skills are needed for job so if you really wondering gee i would
like to do this but i don't know
what i need to do
along really great sights of the way
which is the minnesota manufactured careers dot org
that you see on the screen
uh... it's just a great site
you can go in and look up careers
it will actually tell you
for jobs are actually open at that very moment
in uh... minnesota
uh... job base
and sender minnesota manufacturing also has website
that can lead you to all these other sites
for careers in manufacturing
and as i mentioned earlier things you can do
some of the manufacturing companies
uh... for example you see the citing inverter manufacturing
and the other
really big item
is to improve soft skills
makes them
strange but
some of the biggest problems employers are having
is that they find workers and sometimes workers
that have really good skills
the
don't seem to understand that it's important
that you be at work on time
and that you actually work all day
and these are really critical skills
to be watching
as you look for those jobs
and what we looked at in the metallurgical and employers
as you can see the first items
i'm good at it too
learned that without that attitude everything else was lost
and the other big items a willingness to learn
because we have continuous learning going on here
and then we'll have a good technical skills vis-a-vis degrees
prior experience
another big items we looked at
is volunteer activities
and this was from
long time ago when i first started up
i heard taught its
another person ever successful businesses
why did they look for volunteers
and the comment cooper's owner was
volunteers people who volunteer
purple that'll go the extra mile
for no extra pay
i don't think that's really a big item
is that you think you can do is to be involved in volunteer
very rewarding
and also i think what's very good on resumes
all right thank you mike
caribe now we've got a few questions that have come and we want to talk to
those a little bit
and uh... you can still send questions any two with life
uh... the first one we have with uh...
uh...
really centers around the idea of you companies really promote ira levels
inside the company is their growth
and why would i started to machinist for instance
if i want to be an engineer answer value there
uh... troy maybe you can uh... address that
yet thanks bob actually we'd be looking at the end
always first and promotion opportunities were growing companies were creating new
roles everyday
to vars field engineers which are professional positions that are
better interacting with companies all over the world everyday
started at our actress machinist
uh... they were on the floor
machined parts they understood the tolerance is the critical features and
power arts went together
uh... they have great communication skills created her personal skills
and as west had mentioned
that positive attitude and so
so to about two of the folks in our sales and marketing team came directly
from the factory floor
also in addition to that
i had a an assembler that was uh... assembling practice it sounds like a
routine tasks but our assembly processes very sophisticated there more of a
products builder they need to take
very expensive parts that range in houses of dollars in its emblem together
i had a candidate that had a very competitive spirit always wanted to do
it better than it was done the previous time faster with
fewer flies
more aesthetically pleasing always stepping up to play that he is uh... now
been put in a professional position as a project manager working with my
engineering team uh... so he uh...
now is uh... facilitating multimillion-dollar projects and
developing suppliers and developing
different resources within the company to proved that
equality of the product so uh... that's
a couple of examples
other their several other individuals that
you know that that she have the right attitude
they want to go above and beyond
without the expectation for extricate
and they're the ones that stand out we actually solicit deb fortin advancement
into a higher level position
verses hosting a position and having you know several people apply because they
want more money and they've really don't have the right attitude
so i absolutely and i know this is not the working the organization that that
practices that philosophy
that their ideas that they come in they do their job well
they have the right attitude
big demonstrated ernet it's not where we
posted u
go in and demonstrated
you have to demonstrate it
in the current position
drawer
we've got another question n
that uh...
ask uh... i just received my green manufacturing specialist certification
what types of job title should i be looking for in the manufacturing studies
uh... maybe uh... larry you might wanna addressed us from the start with
well they're they're number of things
uh...
companies are looking for people with
your sustainable
and
so if it could be a you cut the path that what you're
what your other skills are uh...
because every everybody of the company that
to be taking about green
so it doesn't matter if you're a assembler or
technician or an engineer they're all looking at ways of
saving money
and uh...
cut being kinder to the entire so whether it's easy
uh... solvent better
water-soluble rather than petroleum based better easier just followed up
with a arcata on polluter
rivers stream lakes
uh... or
uh...
milk heating products that are more
uh... earth-friendly
uh... or you think that you play colette free father for
uh... spattering component to print circuit board so i mean that that it
could be just about anything because everyone in the company is looking at
ways of saving energy reducing waste
and edgy products that are less polluting
all right
and tereza your company's been involved in some of us as well have you
uh... yes we you know we are
maybe you our selves as always being on the cutting edge of technology so with
that uh... when we look at
even are heeding validation systems were looking for the most advanced
efficient operation lighting
all the way down to the factory processes
uh... are are cutting fluids we look for the the safest most environmentally
friendly
uh... chemicals to be working with
we actually looked our employees at times where were using a chemical that
uh... you know is undesirable out too
do some research and and try it
experimenting with uh... different alternatives so yes people that have
some
some training and experience and and green alternatives are good in fact
oftentimes uh...
our customers
are starting to require that particularly uh... european customers
they'll come to us now ask us
uh... what are you doing an in your green efforts to
improve the environment before we purchase your product we want to know
we're supporting a manufacturer that is
looking forward to the future self absolutely we uh... we have a need for
that
as we uh... progress
moving forward
all right thank you
unless somebody ask does it matter if volunteer activities do not relate to
employment fields
right
now i i don't think
they have to relate to employment fields
it's really just a matter that you're willing to go out and
use some really good things in the community
and so that you'll go that extra mile
make things better in our society
okay
and then
i've got an interesting question here catalogs hope
bear with me and we've got a question and answers
what is a good entry point for someone like me looking too
enter the manufacturing in quality
uh... control assurance positions
uh... my question was separated from my earlier background comment i mean the
empowered medical device manufacturing program
will company see this as a viable entry point and substitution for direct
experience
anyone that like the pick up on that one
well i i can't just part of it uh...
the empowered program give you a lot of skills uh... effect right looks at some
of those and
those are things that
that empowered up
uh... teaches you with about
retreads
and uh... precision measurements
but map fuel think that
uh... that you're learning empowered or think that the employers are looking for
an f
and beyond that if there is
guilt that their that they want
a lot of times i think the filter
without a job training teaches specific
type of equipment sheet
uh... having guilty empire
uh... abhorred are very valuable lawyers
record locator
thank you
remarks perverted but
back that this developing those skills
uh... yeah you know i'm
absolutely the math and science and the you know but blueprint reading and
in the country can access the person to enter organization through quality
inspection position
i would offered that
often times uh... personal may need to be willing to work a creative
work shift
where we find it challenging to find people at the proper skills
and desires to do that type of work in the evenings or maybe even on a weekend
shift
uh... where person could answer and
in things may be set up for them for saying they could
you know form the inspection process and demonstrate their ability to learn the
equipment and understand the tools and
an advance in their skill sets and then we're going to maybe a more desirable
desirable work shifts
i don't want people to lose sight of the fact that manufactures trouble too
cheap their factories running
uh... in the off hours of the day
and in operations with
ally capital a lot of equipment
it you'd be each do you like to be on the dat and the four p_m_ workopolis
at something for people to mentally prepare themselves for their they're
starting out
okay thank you
and then uh...
i have a question here of how do i determine what career or
i could or should pursue
uh... last maybe you want to talk a little bit about that
you
well i think there's there's a lot of areas you can go to if you go to the
uh...
technical colleges or community and community colleges arriving they can
provide you with a lot of help
on looking at what you like and and what you appear to have
skills or
uh... i think also looking at the ice and
site that we talked about earlier
you'll get an idea of what the jobs are about
and
what kind of education is needed
for a particular job
and sliding
those are two big urge you to go to get some help
do say what careers might fit best for you
and coming
putting your hat on as president of the central minnesota group code
do most of your members entertain the idea of someone coming in and asking for
an informational interview today
stability awful to someone about what they are
shop does and that's types of careers that are available
boat yes i think
of this one of the head of our meetings as they were actually have two hours
along with our meetings
and that's what attracts a lot of folks and see the other companies but almost
all companies are willing if you contact them and have an interest
that they would visit maybe let you come
see what goes on inside
their company
and and learn what's involved we do a lot of that animal metallurgical with
students
and missile away from at fifth grade out there
senior high students
folks who were to just show them the choices
but almost all our company's are more than willing entertainer to try and find
good employees
hein players no added with them
you know what the internet now
um...
seems like whirlpool goal and used to we could go ahead and
spying
uh... video or virtual tours of
of factories or uh... different manufacturing profit everything welfare
ekhon thousands of videotron
you get the profit that there's a critique of a videotape the complex
uh... but that also like social media with
base for completed at places like that where you can connect with people
uh... in a particular industry or occupation
and and ask that question about their career in they're happy to do that so
summary reports of talented six discovered where
we work it though we had was
both television you know we don't have a way of
pheno thank you
uh... outright register what your laptop or your
or your uh... smartphone though
lottery for something thoughts
okay topics are
and i think our last question we're gonna have time for today uh...
someone was asking uh...
the opportunities that we talked about other training opportunities available
online
are they more focus to uh... the income of workers the current
people immunity and also uh... what
type of training can you do i mean
you can't very well learn how to uh... well without having the porch cancel the
questionnaires
what level of training to make it and how much uh... what can that be applied
to employment
com politically reacting i could address
but some of that again up
their there are
ways to do some of the training online week we offer online came here to the
colleges at all the constant across the country do
and and there's things called a hybrid
courses where you do some of the core first work
online you know at at your convenience at home or wherever you are
and um... and then you may do you come into
ua bricks and mortar college
to do elavil or some kind of a project
soul with this way though
that having to drive to the college all the time
but doing some of that some of the come out that uh... hotline
uh... and you mentioned welding
uh... you know you actually can do
there as well
virtual reality trading where and doctors use all the time for the surgery
they practice surgery using
virtual reality tool
that actually federal programs out there for welding typically where u
practice it obviously at some point you have to get out of actual elected to do
it
there are a lot of simulations out there that you can do you pick a pilot think
like that that practice
simulator before the actual
you know take the open-air maestro
lap we it
get some ideas about
of kilby word
orchid thank you
well i think we're running short on time here uh... one of the things i dislike
to wrap up into a first i'd like to thank our panelist i really appreciate
you sharing your knowledge in your understanding that the industry
the other thing i'd just like the point out
uh... manufacturer
manufacturing jobs and careers offers of stable challenging career with all the
advance but you could want the fence you're really only combined by
how much do you wanna learn how far do you want to go in the area
one thing to keep in mind
uh... when i say manufacturing tasted does
um... manufacturing only accounts for eighty percent of the jobs in the state
of minnesota
page twenty eight percent of the wages
which tells you peter good strong careers
would action
wages being attached so
and you had a lot of opportunity that will forward
so of laughing i would say that if you have a question that we didn't get the
answer if u would like cartoon email one of us put that question we will do our
best to get back to you with an answer
jamie i guess i'll turn it back to you and likely a wrap-up of they had the
best yeah thanks everybody
we will add to your last point there have bob dole questions that we did
receive a raid by chat
uh... are captured those and well will see if we can answer them briefly and
post them
uh...
an answer for adam to this
i'll be glad to power point or maybe will you know that to you
uh... 'cause we have here you know addresses heavy restrictions so
alluded answers to get it for those for those uh... questions and share them
with folks we're gonna post the power point
itself as well as a recording of this webinar and it give us a day to do that
and then come back to the uh...
benefiting career fair website and you'll see
those resources posted soon
you could share this uh... parkway or that that our presentation with
friends and colleagues and uh... students
uh... i what i think deed for sponsoring this career fair
i wanna incursion of it
continue this conversation and discussion forums on the manufacturing
career fair website and visit entities other websites that are posted on the
screen and especially the toward manufacturing i think it's a really an
exciting opportunity in most of the toward happening this
saturday it's an annual event
so catch now you're gonna have to wait all year to get back
and see those
those fat manufacturing facilities
uh... that's all we have for today thanks very much for attending