Santee-Lynches Region’s 2-Year Economic Forecast & Workforce Development Issues Bruce Mills, Research Analyst Santee-Lynches Workforce Development Clarendon School District 2 Board Meeting June 25, 2013
Jan 02, 2016
Santee-Lynches Region’s 2-Year Economic Forecast
&Workforce Development Issues
Bruce Mills, Research Analyst
Santee-Lynches Workforce Development
Clarendon School District 2 Board MeetingJune 25, 2013
Santee-Lynches Unemployment Rate
Number of Unemployed seeking work
Number of Employed + Number of Unemployed seeking work (OR “Labor Force”)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August 2011 U6 Unemployment Rates for adults 25-and-older. U6 Rate measures the total unemployed, plus those employed part-time involuntarily, plus discouraged workers who have at least temporarily given up searching for work. Thus, U6 rates describe the real number of people in the U.S. who are feeling the effects of unemployment. U6 national rates applied to Santee-Lynches Region by COG calculation.
MANUFACTURING:Blue-Collar Jobs Go High Tech
Illustration by TIME
20th Century America
Low-cost, low-skilled
labor
Dirty
Labor-intensive
H.S. Diploma or less
LABOR
Today & into future
Cutting-edge technology
Clean, like a medical lab
Fewer, but higher-skilled,
workers
1 & 2-year technical degrees
SKILLS
Central Carolina Technical College“Scholars Program”
• Free, 2-year scholarship offer to the college in any program of study to any high school graduate from any high school in CLARENDON in the Class of 2015, if meet following requirements: 1) graduate high school on time; 2) maintain a “C” average in high school; and 3) test ready for college-level coursework.
• Current average student age is 27.7 years old.
• Current 18 and 19-year-old enrollment at college is only 16.3% of total credit student enrollment.
2-year field of study Occupation Starting pay
• Nursing Registered Nurse $50,000
• Human Services Counselor $26,000
• Paralegal Paralegal/Legal Assistant $30,000
• Computer Technology Programmer/Technician $40,000
• Criminal Justice Police Officer/Forensic Tech. $25,000
Sample of CCTC 2-year Associate Degree Programs
2-year field of study Occupation Starting pay
• Mechatronics Maintenance Technician $40,000
• Welding Welder $40,000-$50,000
• Engineering Graphics Eng. Graphics Technician $36,000
• Machine Tool Machine Tool/CNC Operator $30,000-$36,000
• Automotive Technology Automotive Technician $30,000
• HVAC/R Technology HVAC Service Technician $30,000
Sample of CCTC 2-year Associate Degree Programs