Measuring Middle-Skills Gaps within the Finger Lakes Regional Economy

APPLIED INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES/MECHATRONICS GAP ANALYSIS: REGIONAL PROGRAM COMPLETIONS VS. ESTIMATED ANNUAL OPENINGS

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This measurement aims to provide a high-level gap analysis, comparing the total estimated number of learners completing a relevant middle-skill training and education program against estimated industry demands for middle-skill workers by occupational grouping. For more detailed completion data, click here.

Middle-Skill Education Provider

2012 Estimated Annual Estimated Completions Job Openings Gap (∆)

Monroe Community College Rochester Institute of Technology

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194 -166 **

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Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES

TOTAL

28 *

Note: To address the skills gap in the AIT occupational group, Monroe Community College is developing a program in mechatronics which is scheduled to launch in Fall 2016. Completions from this new program will be reflected in future analyses.

* The 28 annual regional completions represent a supply of 14.4 % new AIT trained workers produced locally against an estimated annual demand of 194 openings.

10-year aging out projection: 22.4 % are approaching retirement age

2013 TOTAL WORKFORCE 8,159 AIT Workers

** This suggests that in this occupational group, about 85.6 % of AIT-related jobs may go unfilled each year in the region due to an insufficient number of graduates produced locally.

Source: IPEDS and noncredit self-reported data from applicable education providers. © 2015 MCC