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This podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, is part of a series that covers issues and topics on technician development. In this episode, Jake Hall explores how factories are transforming and what the manufacturing sector needs to do to recruit and...

This podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, is part of a series that covers issues and topics on technician development. In this episode, Todd Christensen talks about integrated sensors, MEMS, and how advanced digital technologies are increasing the...

This podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, is part of a series that covers issues and topics on technician development. In this episode, Amy Kardel talks about the skills technicians need to be employable and successful. Lifelong learning and reskilling...

This podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, is part of a series that covers issues and topics on technician development. In this episode, Jon Tucker discusses how education and industry are innovating and collaborating so that biotechnology technicians...

During this podcast episode from the Preparing Technicians From Work project, Zachary Niclin, co-PI from the National Center of Autonomous Technologies (NCAT), discusses converging technologies. This presentation focuses on NCAT's core autonomous systems technician pathway. Niclin defines...

In this podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, Kevin Cooper, principal investigator of the National Electric Vehicle Consortium (NEVC), discusses the intersection between renewable energy and the electric vehicle (EV) industry. Cooper provides an overview...

In this podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, Mason Lefler and Scott Danielson from Bridgerland Technical College discuss the integration of data analytics into advanced manufacturing. Lefler and Danielson cover topics such as the growing need for data...

In this podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, John Sands from Moraine Valley Community College discusses the importance cybersecurity education for technicians in different disciplines. Sands highlights how the interconnectedness of modern systems leads...

In this podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, Alexandra Gorgevska from Palm Beach State College (PBSC) focuses on the process of modifying PBSC's biotechnology program to meet industry standards, specifically in data knowledge and analysis. Gorgevska...

This podcast episode, published by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, is part of a series that covers issues and topics on technician development. In this episode, Michael Lesiecki invites Alexa Frank, Rachael Munkacsi, and Hope Cotner onto the podcast. The guests discuss the...