FLATE Reports on Florida Regional Manufacturing Workforce Needs Paired with Current Manufacturing Education Enrollment

This situational assessment reports Florida manufacturing workforce needs and current manufacturing-related education within the Florida State College (FSC) system. It shows projected job openings in selected high-demand manufacturing occupations along with the median hourly wage for that occupation.  Scroll through the report to your Florida county to see projections specific to your region. 

It also includes 2021 student enrollment data for engineering technology (ET) and manufacturing-related A.S degree programs for each of the 28 member colleges of the Florida College System. Data from each college is paired up with the region’s occupation estimates for the manufacturing industry. The report includes 2021-2029 projections for the most in-demand manufacturing-related occupations for all 24 workforce regions as well as 2021 annual employment numbers for each occupation, 2029 projected employment, and the estimated growth between the two time periods.

Click here to read the Report: 2021-2029 Assessment: Florida Manufacturing Workforce Needs and Current Manufacturing Education.

Summary

Occupation estimates for the manufacturing industry from FDOE shows an enrollment of 5,354 students in engineering technology (ET) and manufacturing-related programs. This assessment indicates the urgent need for a statewide recruitment/retention and growth plan for all district and FCS institutions' engineering/manufacturing/advanced technology programs.




Businesses are becoming more efficient and, when determining job locations, companies overwhelmingly prioritize the availability of skilled local talent as their foremost consideration. According to the World Economic Forum, nearly 85 percent of employers are likely or very likely to expand their adoption of user and entity big data analytics. Similarly, large proportions of companies are likely to have expanded their adoption of technologies such as the internet of things, app- and web-enabled markets, and cloud computing. Machine learning and extended reality are also poised to receive considerable business investment. Nearly 60 percent of employers expect they will have significantly modified how they produce and distribute by changing the composition of their value chain and nearly half will modify their geographical base.

This data assessment/environmental scan will serve as the basis for a statewide enrollment management and recruitment plan for all district and FCS institutions' engineering, advanced technology, and manufacturing-related programs and for a statewide outreach campaign for economically disadvantaged residents/students and for students for whom engineering, advanced technology, and manufacturing-related programs are nontraditional programs for their gender.

One of the key aspects to ensuring Florida’s economic success is the ability to educate for the future of work. This, in turn, requires the strengthening of the state’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and pathways in view of developing a robust ecosystem of innovation, entrepreneurship, and cross-sector partnerships.

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This report is part of year two of the “Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), State Leadership, FloridaMakes, lnc. / Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE)” grant. It was compiled and collected by the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE), Part of FloridaMakes, and includes assessment data of Florida's manufacturing workforce needs and current manufacturing education and advanced technology programs within the Florida State College System (FSC).

Data for this assessment is provided by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), Division of Workforce Services, www.floridajobs.org and from the Florida Department of Education, PERA Data Team, Bureau of PK-20 Education Reporting and Accessibility, Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement. To access the full report visit FLATE.org/Publications/ 2016-2021 FL ET and Related AS AAS Program Enrollment and Completion 5-Year Trend Report. FLATE Annually requests and compiles student enrollment and completion data for the Engineering Technology (ET) and related A.S. and B.S. degrees and college credit certificate (CCC) programs for Florida colleges, and for related technology programs at the secondary and postsecondary career certificate programs (CC).

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