We are building a clear picture of the skills Oregon manufacturers need from new hires, so schools and training programs can teach the right things and buy the right equipment. About ten minutes, and your answers stay confidential.
Take part How it worksTraining programs are often built on a guess about what employers want. When the guess is wrong, a school spends money on equipment nobody needed and graduates arrive missing something obvious. Nobody sets out to do that. It happens because the question is rarely asked directly.
So we are asking it directly. We take one job at a time, list what a person in that job actually does, and ask employers what level a new hire needs to arrive with. Then we ask the programs that train those people the same questions. The difference between those two answers is the gap, and the gap is what tells a district what to fix.
Tell us your company and who you are. Pick your company from the list and we fill in the rest. Two minutes.
Choose the roles you actually hire for, grouped by what you make. Most employers do one or two.
For each skill, mark the level a new hire needs to arrive with. Zero is a real answer and it is used.
We send you the regional findings before they are published anywhere else. You will see where your region stands.
Each profile is a short list of skills for one job, written in plain language by people who have done the work. For a welder that means shielded metal arc welding, layout, blueprint reading, flame cutting. Not competencies. Not learning outcomes. The actual work, with the equipment named beside it.
For each skill you tell us the level you need a new hire to arrive with, not what an experienced hand eventually reaches. Most entry-level skills land in the middle: they can do it, but somebody is still checking the work.
Register your company, then pick the jobs you hire for. Most employers do one or two, about ten minutes each.
Register your company
Welder and Fabricator
CNC Machinist
Quality Inspector
Machine Operator — Die Cast and Plastics