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Screenshot for Episode 41: Factory Reset, Redefining Manufacturing In the New Digital Age
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...
Screenshot for Episode 42: What Is Emerging? Just Look at Your Mobile Phone
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...
Screenshot for Episode 43: Unlocking Potential Through Technology
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...
Screenshot for Episode 44: Advanced Biotechnology, A Changing and Evolving Working Environment
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...
Screenshot for Episode 4: Design Thinking for Gender Equity
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...
Screenshot for Episode 5: Journey to the Future Through Industry-Education Partnerships
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, Emily McGrath and Brynt Parmeter join the podcast to discuss FlexFactor, an approach that combines strategic...
Screenshot for Episode 6: Micro-Credentials in Training and Education
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, Timothy Thomas illustrates the importance of the micro-credential, a sequence of 9-15 credit hours, often three ...
Screenshot for Episode 7: Smarter and More Independent Robots
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, Lou Frenzel talks about new technological challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence. In this...
Screenshot for Episode 8: Digital Twins
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, Gerry Deren talks about simulating manufacturing with a digital twin before investing in its production. The audio...
Screenshot for Episode 9: The Year in Review
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, the Preparing Technicians for the Future of Work Project team discuss what they learned and accomplished in the first...
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