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

TOOLING & MACHINING 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 (∆)

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SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Jamestown Community College

363 -310 **

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MECHATRONICS

TOTAL

53 *

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES

* The 53 annual regional completions represent a supply of 14.8 % new tooling and machining related workers produced locally through the formal education system against an estimated annual demand of 363 openings.

** This suggests that in this occupational group, approximately 85.1 % of tooling and machining related jobs may go unfilled each year in the region due to an insufficient number of graduates produced locally.

2015 TOTAL WORKFORCE 9,463 Tooling and Machining Workers

10-year aging out projection: 27 % are approaching retirement age

Source: IPEDS. © 2016 MCC