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- Safety Regulations as Potential Barriers to Employment in a Manufacturing Environment
- Presentation Outline
- Job Opportunities in Manufacturing: Good News & Bad News
- Opportunities: Good News
- Opportunities: Good News
- Opportunities: Bad News
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (2003)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (2003)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (2003)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (2003)
Safety Regulations as Potential Barriers to Employment in a Manufacturing Environment
Scott Haynes
Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, 2006, Los Angeles, CA
Work RERC, Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, Georgia Institute of Technology
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education
Presentation Outline
- Job opportunities in manufacturing
- Supreme Court rulings “ADA vs. Safety”
- Regulating safety and health
- Potential barriers to employment
- Opportunities for future research and development
Job Opportunities in Manufacturing: Good News & Bad News
Opportunities: Good News
- Automation in manufacturing is changing functional requirements of jobs
- New skills are required to program, debug, and operate computer-based equipment
- Effective management of employees is crucial to success with automation
Opportunities: Good News
- National Association of Manufacturers predicts shortage of 4-6 million skilled workers by the year 2010 (Eisen, 2003)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 10%-20% growth in CNC (Computer Numeric Control) programmers and operators through 2012
Notes: Projected growth is termed as “about average” compared to other projected job growth nationally.
Opportunities: Bad News
What’s one major difference between the computer-related job opportunities in manufacturing compared to those in other work environments? Safety.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (2003)
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (2003)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (2003)
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