Why Skills-Training Programs Are Crucial to the Future of Manufacturing

By 2025, the U.S. manufacturing industry could be down 2 million workers, with older employees leaving the industry and younger generations looking to step in, though often without sufficient training. On this episode of The Big REthink, Conrad Mercurius, coordinator of Raritan Valley Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing program, joins host Susan Campbell to explain how institutions like his are tailoring their skills-training curricula to meet manufacturers’ needs and why new technology training isn’t always needed.