Measuring Middle-Skills Gaps within the Finger Lakes Regional Economy

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Understanding how products and machinery work is the focus of mechanical engineering technology. Mechanical engineers research, design, and build machines and equipment of all types. Drafting is the leading skill in mechanical engineering which can lead to specializing in the design of engines, consumer goods, electronics, or heavy machinery. Engineering comes to life in the form of tools, systems and devices. Understanding how products and machinery work and how to design, make, or use them is the focus of building these skills. From consumer products to wind turbines, the Rochester region is home to many corporations with a demand for mechanical engineers, drafters and technicians.