New plastics programs aim to bridge the skills gap: giving young people honds-on experience with plastics early and involving industry are among the keys for success

Authors :: Lamontagne, Nancy D.
Source :: Plastics Engineering. July-August, 2017, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p46, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: With an increasingly older workforce and a shortage of young people choosing a plastics career, innovative approaches are needed to catch the interest of potential workers and then train them [...]

Subjects :: Youth -- Training
Engineering services -- Training
Plastics machinery
Elderly workers -- Training
Business
Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
Chemistry
Oakland University -- Training

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