http://www.woolseygroup.com/uploads/NIST_MEP_Make_Or_Buy_Workforce.pdf
Author: Lindsey Woolsey
NIST-MEP 2013
There’s a shift underway . . .
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New jobs
Better jobs
Returning jobs
New technologies
New Products
New Markets
Manufacturing Matters
• 12 million + jobs in the U.S.
• 2/3 of all private sector R&D
• Employs over 60% all domestic scientists and
engineers
• Attracts the most FDI than any other country
• 65% of all U.S. trade
• Premium wages and strong multiplier effect
• Major support sector for our country’s other
economic drivers: healthcare, defense, energy,
construction, business services
Another shift underway . . .
• The ecosystem of
innovation and
production is
increasingly
intertwined
• Old paradigm:
companies rely on
synergies of
association
• New paradigm:
companies actively
create them
Renewed Focus on
Workforce Development
• Rapidly changing equipment and
technology
• Skill gaps across multiple levels: entry, mid,
advanced
• Lack of experience on the job
• Misperceptions by young people about
what manufacturing jobs really are
• Education and training programs that are
misaligned with real needs
Manufacturers face a choice:
Depending on: firm size, type of company,
urgency of need, availability of right worker at
right time
Not “Or”, but “And”
• Must be a Make & Buy strategy for each
company
• Must be a Make strategy for Colorado’s
education and training institutions
o They cannot do this alone
o Need strong and ongoing industry input
about:
• Critical occupations
• Knowledge, skills and abilities of those
occupations
Transportation and
Material Moving
Occupations, 4452
Denver Manufacturing Occupations, 2012
Management
Occupations, 3037
Business Support
Operations Occupations,
12186
Production Occupations,
29235
Computer and
Mathematical
Occupations, 1890
Architecture and
Engineering
Occupations, 4723
Sales and Related
Occupations, 3714
Installation,
Maintenance, and Repair
Occupations, 2856
Denver Production Occupations Growth
6.4%
2012-2022
10,000
70.0%
9,000
2012
8,000
9.0%
Projected 2022
7,000
19.6%
6,000
5,000
0.0%
4,000
3,000
2,000
4.5%
24.2%
-30.0%
5.3%
11.1%
1,000
-8.1%
-
-70.0%
Supervisors of Assemblers
Production
and
Workers
Fabricators
Food
Processing
Workers
Metal Workers
and Plastic
Workers
Printing
Workers
Textile,
Apparel, and
Furnishings
Workers
Other
Motor Vehicle
Production
Operators
Occupations
Material
Moving
Workers
Denver Manufacturing Employment Growth
2012-2022
All Occupations
35,000
7.9%
30,000
2012
25,000
Projected 2022
20,000
15,000
10,000
3.3%
3.2%
4.9%
14.5%
8.6%
10.4%
5,000
9.8%
6.7%
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6.9%
7.2%