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Not Your Father's Blue Collar Job: A Look At Skilled Worker Today
By Beth Braccio Hering
If you are adaptable, chances are you'll be employable. Workers who are open to learning different ways of doing things can progress right alongside advances in their industry. "Many of those laid off in recent years, especially from high-volume assembly manufacturing jobs, do not have the skills needed in today's modern plant," Kunz says. "Like generations before them, they worked 'on the line,' repeating the same action over and over again. But those types of repetitive assembly jobs are disappearing and are not likely to return ... Ongoing training is critical." Kunz notes that in addition to traditional company-sponsored training or courses at a vocational institution, many workers are opting for online instruction. "Access to 24/7 training is appealing. Workers might continue their studies online at home, or they might have time during the third shift, in the middle of the night, to complete their training."
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