How the instructor form works
Three ratings per skill, for a typical completer of your program, not your strongest student. A, the level a completer actually reaches on day one. B, the instructor’s own level. C, whether you have what you need to teach it, with the equipment list under each skill so you can tick what is missing.
Those three together say why a gap exists, not just that it does: A against the employer level shows the gap; B says whether it is a professional development need; C says whether it is an equipment need.
For the ten Oregon Employability Skills you say, for each one, whether it is taught and assessed, happens but is not assessed, or is not really addressed.
Find your program
Programs are grouped the way instructors describe them. Pick the job your program prepares students for; if it feeds more than one, rate each.
Welding
Welding programs, and welding taught inside manufacturing, ag mechanics, construction and automotive programs.
Oregon CTE program titles: Welding (CIP 48.0508); Manufacturing, General (48.0000); Power, Structure and Technology / Ag Mechanics (01.0201); Architecture & Construction, General (46.0000); Automotive Service Technology (47.0600)
Welder and FabricatorManufacturing, machining and CNC
General manufacturing and machining programs: manual and CNC machining, CAD/CAM, production and machine operation.
Oregon CTE program titles: Manufacturing, General (48.0000); Mechanical CAD/Drafting (15.1302)
CNC MachinistMachine Operator, Die Cast and PlasticsPress OperatorMachine Operator and AssemblerFabricator and AssemblerProduction AssemblerChemical Process OperatorIndustrial Sewing Machine OperatorWoods and wood products
Woodworking and wood-products programs, forestry and forest products, and the woodshop side of construction programs.
Oregon CTE program titles: Woodworking (48.0700); Forestry & Forest Products (03.0501); Carpentry (46.0201)
Saw OperatorPlywood and Panel OperatorCabinet and Furniture MakerFood: agriculture, food science and culinary
Food science and processing inside agriculture programs, and culinary programs whose completers go into food manufacturing.
Oregon CTE program titles: Agriculture, General (01.0000); Restaurants, Food & Beverage Services (12.0504)
Food and Packaging OperatorBrewery and Beverage Production OperatorEngineering technology, mechatronics and electrical
No dedicated profile yet. Completers of these programs most often enter the jobs linked below.
Oregon CTE program titles: Engineering Technology, General (14.0101); Mechatronics (14.4201); Electrical Systems (15.0303)
Coming soon No dedicated profile yet.
Every program
Two jobs every manufacturer hires for, whatever the product. If your program places students in manufacturing at all, these apply.
Quality InspectorMaterial HandlerYour program is not here? Tell us what you teach.
Questions we get asked
Who sees my answers?
A small team at WBTO. No school, trade association, agency or other company sees your individual responses. Anything published is combined across at least five companies; where fewer than five answered, we report nothing rather than round.
What do you mean by entry level?
Somebody with no work experience in that job. They may have some technical training from a program, they may not. It is the job you would fill with someone who has never done the work before.
Where does the skill list come from?
Published apprenticeship standards, industry credentials and program accreditation standards for the job, every one cited. We do not write the list from general occupational descriptions, because those cannot name a machine.
How long does it take?
About ten minutes for one job. If you hire for two roles, twenty.
Is this used to evaluate my program?
No. Nothing here is used to evaluate you or your program. It is used to argue for what a program needs: professional development, equipment, or time.