Manufacturing
The Leading Sector
Manufacturing is the largest industry sector in our community. Many manufacturers of products sold around the world are headquartered here. These employers depend on our graduates to fill critical roles that keep them running strong.
Benefits of Manufacturing Careers:
- A wide range of opportunities are available from the beginning to end of a product’s lifecycle
- Expertise is essential to adapting, installing, and maintaining the cutting-edge technologies in use today
- Local, high-paying jobs are plentiful due to manufacturing being the largest industry sector in our community
What’s involved?
Manufacturing careers support activities that focus on the processes required to transform materials into intermediate or finished products.
Are you:
Interested in building/repairing things?
Detail-oriented?
A problem solver?
Other key traits:
Enjoy working independently
Desire a high-tech work environment
Like working with your hands
Watch for Bright Outlook occupations. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these occupations match at least one of these criteria:
- Projected to grow faster than average (employment increase of 5% or more) over the period 2022-2032 for the US nationwide
- Projected to have 100,000 or more job openings over the period 2022-2032 for the US nationwide
- Be considered “New & Emerging”
Manufacturing
- Programs
- Certificates
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Why choose Lakeshore?
- Our instructors bring you real world experience and skills in addition to subject matter knowledge
- Learn in state-of-the-art facilities, including our KOHLER Center for Manufacturing Excellence
- Because of our low student-to-faculty ratio, you get to know instructors and fellow students
- Instruction is delivered in a variety of formats including competency-based education (CBE), in person, online, and blended/hybrid
- Academic, personal, and financial resources are available to support your success
- Graduates are workforce-ready and well prepared to pursue a bachelor’s degree