Monroe Community College: Producing the 21st Century Worker

The Gap. (A serious deficit.) Research conducted in 2014 indicates that employers in the Finger Lakes region are concerned that much of their highly skilled talent base is aging out of the workforce. Small companies cannot afford internal training programs, thus workforce development needs must be met by colleges like MCC. MCC is nationally recognized for the creation of specialized programs responding to the workforce needs of Western New York. According to the 2014 MCC Rochester Area Skill Needs Assessment and Business Climate Survey , 37 percent of all jobs in the Finger Lakes region are classified as middle-skills and 50 percent of available middle-skills jobs are considered chronically hard to fill. A recent analysis of regional program completions versus estimated annual open- ings in applied integrated technologies/mechatronics, tooling and machining and optical systems technology predicts a serious deficit. Each area will be addressed by the Center’s programs. The complete report, Measuring Middle-Skills Occupational Gaps Within the Finger Lakes Regional Economy , is available at www.workforceforward.com/reports .

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

Middle-Skill Education Provider

2012 Estimated Annual Estimated Completions Job Openings Gap (∆)

Monroe Community College Rochester Institute of Technology

0

194 -166 **

18 10

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 % ofAIT-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