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offers continuing education opportunities.
Often times, older employees want to take
advantage of these opportunities to advance
their skills as well. Many workers entering
the next stage of their manufacturing
careers find a need for training in industry
leadership, supervisory skills, and
management.
High-school partnerships
High schools are also doing their part to
ensure that a new generation of
manufacturing professionals will be at the
ready when the workforce turns over.
"AccuRounds has a very active internship
program and they often invite their interns
to return as employees," Glikes-Foley says.
Mark Pedersen is the director of secondary
schools curriculum at Timberlane Regional
High School where the faculty is passionate
about exposing the next generation to
manufacturing through an engineering
partnership.
"Through the partnership, students have the
opportunity to complete coursework and
projects and then get feedback directly from
engineers," Pedersen said.
Timberlane has worked with a number of
large operations in the Boston area
including New Balance.
"They have opened up their doors and
allowed our kids to tour their facilities to
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Thermo Fisher offers continuing education for its employees.
