REMADE Institute: Workforce Profile

Highlights Design for Remanufacturing / EOLReuse

ENGINEERING The Remanufacturing/End of Life (EOL) grouping consists of 8 engineering occupations. As with many of the engineering groupings across the five REMADE nodes, there is high frequency of requested certifications (41%) involving process improvement and quality ranging from various levels of Six Sigma certification as well as quality via the bodies of knowledge contained in the Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification designations. As with the Recycling and Recovery engineer grouping, Security Clearance is the highest ranked single certification (32%) suggesting work environments requiring proprietary processes, confidentiality and government contracts. The skill clusters analysis indicates mechanical engineering, project management and repair as the most frequently categorized skill sets requested (42%) for the Remanufacturing/End of Life (EOL) engineer grouping. The number of total jobs and job postings over time both show a general positive increase. The 8-member Remanufacturing/End of Life (EOL) grouping occupational demographic indicates that over a quarter (25.6%) of the most experienced engineers in this node to be within 10 years or less of retiring from industry. TECHNICIAN The Remanufacturing/End of Life (EOL) technician grouping is the largest technician focused category for any node in this analysis. As with the engineering level for this node, security clearance ranks as the top most requested certification being referenced in 31% of postings for technicians. 74% of job postings for the 35 technicians included in the Remanufacturing/ End of Life (EOL) grouping advertised an education level of less than an associate’s degree, prefer- ring a high school diploma and/or some vocational training. Automotive Repair and Maintenance ranked the strongest single industry for driving postings (35%) for this grouping followed by Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (22%). 65% of postings advertised a wage of up to $49,000 ($23 an hour) with 26% of total online postings advertising a wage between $50 – $74,999 making this technician group one of the better paying technician groupings analyzed across the five REMADE relevant nodes. The multi-craft nature of the technician skill-set is apparent across the specialized skills with 31% categorized as equipment repair and machinery. Additionally, 34% of the postings for specialized skills spanned machinery, welding, plumbing, HVAC and hand tools. The occupational demographic for this technician grouping indicates a 10-year age out of 24.4% of the most experienced technicians will retire from industry within 10 years or less.

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