Transcript Potential Career Path

Potential Career Path
Presentation for Students
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Want to pursue a career that:
• Has large growth potential
• Is vital to the economy
• Has significant compensation potential
• Is challenging and satisfying
• Has new technological improvements
• Has increased corporate visibility
• Will be experiencing high demand
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Hagar the Horrible
…What about Maintenance?
This recently appeared on Yahoo News:
• Despite rising unemployment, some lucrative positions
are begging for bodies.
• Industrial Electrician
– Openings: 200,000 jobs for electricians in the next eight years.
– Pay: In high-cost-of-living regions, starting salary after graduation
can be $70,000 .
• Commercial Plumber/Pipe Fitter
– Openings: 107,000 job openings in next eight years.
– Pay: Varies by region; post-training salary of $56,000 to $95,000 plus
benefits.
• Heating, Air-Conditioning And Refrigeration Technician
(not installers)
– Openings: Anecdotally, contractors can't find enough.
– Pay: By region, salary after training could reach $80,000 plus
benefits.
Future Demand of Maintenance Function
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Retiring
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2000-2010
Due to retirement of current generation and lack of interest by future generations,
analysts predict a 40 - 70% workforce reduction within the next 10 years.
Cool Tools for Maintenance
• Computerized Maintenance
Management Systems CMMSprovides detailed information,
schedules task, optimizes
performance
• Infrared Cameras – to detect
friction points, electrical shorts
• Ultrasound listening devicesto detect leaks
• Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLCs)-automates
and controls machinery
Average Maintenance Technician
• Earns $56,000/year
• Has a large
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assortment of career
options
With pending
retirements: job
demand and wages
will increase
Classes that are helpful for
Maintenance Professionals
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Communications
Computer Skills
Math
Technical Training
Physics
Chemistry
Technical Writing
Public Speaking
To learn more about this field
Review the following websites:
• www.plantservices.com
• www.mpactlearning.com
• www.reliablityweb.com
• www.afe.org
• www.boma.org
• www.ifma.org
• www.smrp.org
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"The society that scorns excellence in plumbing,
because plumbing is a humble activity,
and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy,
because philosophy is an exalted activity,
will have neither good plumbing nor good
philosophy neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.”
John Gardner, former Secretary of HEW