Measuring Middle-Skills Occupational Gaps within the Western New York Region

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES 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-skills training and education program within the region against estimated industry demands for those middle-skills workers relevant to the occupational group. For more detailed completion data, click here.

MECHATRONICS

Middle-Skills Education Provider

2014-2015 Estimated Annual Estimated Completions Job Openings Gap (∆)

61

SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Jamestown Community College

8 9

242 -164 **

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES

Erie Community College

TOTAL

78 *

TOOLING AND MACHING

* The 78 annual regional completions represent a supply of 32.2 % new mechanical engineering technologies related workers produced locally through the formal education system against an estimated annual demand of 242 openings.

** This suggests that in this occupational group, approximately 67.7 % of mechanical engineering technologies related jobs may go unfilled each year in the region due to an insufficient number of graduates produced locally.

2015 TOTAL WORKFORCE 6,526 Mechanical Engineering Technologies Workers

10-year aging out projection: 26 % are approaching retirement age

Source: IPEDS. © 2016 MCC