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

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-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. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES

Middle-Skills Education Provider

2014-15 Estimated Annual Estimated Completions Job Openings Gap (∆)

SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 103

Jamestown Community College

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES

594 -328 **

Erie Community College

113

ITT Technical Institute-Getzville

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TOTAL

266 *

TOOLING AND MACHING

* The 266 annual regional completions represent a supply of 44.7 % new mechatronics related workers produced locally through the formal education system against an estimated annual demand of 594 openings.

** This suggests that in this occupational group, approximately 55.2 % of mechatronics related jobs may go unfilled each year in the region due to an insufficient number of graduates produced locally.

2015 TOTAL WORKFORCE 17,031 Mechatronics Workers

10-year aging out projection: 25 % are approaching retirement age

Source: IPEDS. © 2016 MCC