1. Middle-Skills Learning Opportunities within SUNY

2. Jeff Livingston: The Most Neglected Skills
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3. What are Middle-Skill jobs?
Jobs that require more than a high school education but less than a bachelor’s degree.
Include occupations such as machinists, technicians and healthcare workers.
Account for nearly half of all current jobs in New York, and the majority of future job openings.

4. The Forgotten Middle
A growing gap between qualified middle-skill employees and middle-skill jobs.
There are approximately 4 million unfilled middle-skill jobs (Dimon, 2014).
In 2009, 46% of jobs in NYS were middle-skill (3.8 million workers)
Workers with two-year degrees in high demand occupations can earn salaries that surpass those of four-year degrees (Carnevale, Rose, & Cheah, 2011).
Two-year degree holders in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) have greater lifetime earnings than four-year degree holders in most other career areas.

5. The “College-for-All” Mentality
“Encourages all students to plan on college, regardless of their past achievement” (Rosenbaum, 2001).
Pushes underprepared students toward a four-year college at the expense of vocational programs.
Has created an surplus of four-year college graduates that exceeds the number of college-level jobs available.
35% of all four-year college graduates currently have jobs that require less than a college degree (Vedder, 2010).
12 to 24 million U.S. jobs – most requiring middle-skills training – may go unfilled between now and (Gordon, 2009).

6. Manpower Group Annual Survey reveals top 10 hardest jobs to fill in the U.S. in 2013:
Skilled Trades
Sales Representatives
Drivers
IT Staff
Accounting & Finance Staff
Engineers
Technicians
Management/Executives
Mechanics
Teachers

7. SUNY Middle-skill training opportunities
Middle-Skills
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8. Computers SUNY Associate Program Options Support Specialist
Information Systems
SUNY Associate Program Options
Computer Information Systems (Several Tech Colleges and CCs)
Information Technology (Several Tech Colleges and CCs)
Networking Technologies (Several Tech Colleges an Several CCs )
Cybersecurity (Alfred and Several CCs)
Geospatial Technologies (MVCC)

9. Construction SUNY Program Options Carpenters Electricians
Operating Engineers
Plumbers
SUNY Program Options
(Alfred, Cobleskill, Morrisville)
Diesel Technology
(Alfred, Delhi, Morrisville and some CCs)
Construction Technology
(Alfred, Delhi, Jamestown, MVCC)
Welding
(Alfred, Canton, Delhi and several CCs)
Electrical
Building Trades (Alfred, Delhi and some CCs)

10. Possible SUNY Program Options
Healthcare
Dental Hygienist
Medical Lab Technicians
Licensed Practical Nurses
Radiation Therapists
Radiology Technicians
Surgical Technologists
Possible SUNY Program Options
Histo-technician
(Cobleskill)
EMT Paramedic
(Cobleskill, several CCs)
Nursing
(Alfred, Canton, Delhi, Morrisville, most CCs)
Dental Hygiene
(Canton, Farmingdale, and some CCs)
Polysomno-graphy
(GCC, HVCC and MVCC)

11. Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Related SUNY Program Options
Aircraft Mechanics
Auto Mechanics
Heating and AC Installation
Heavy Equipment Mechanics
Machinists
Related SUNY Program Options
HVAC
(Alfred, Canton, Delhi, and CCs)
Automotive Technology
(Alfred, Canton, Farmingdale and CCs)
Advanced Manu-facturing (Alfred, HVCC and Onondaga)
Aircraft Mainten-ance (MVCC)
Machinists (Alfred and CCs)

12. Public Safety SUNY Program Options Fire Fighting and Prevention
EMT, Paramedic
Fire Fighting and Prevention
Detectives
SUNY Program Options
Criminal Justice/Home-land Security
(Canton, Delhi, Farmingdale and CCs)
Chemical Dependency Counseling (Several CCs)
Fire Protection Technology (Several CCs)
Economic Crime (GCC and Niagara)

13. Service SUNY Program Options Chef Hospitality Restaurant Manage-ment
Culinary Arts
(Alfred, Cobleskill, Delhi, Morrisville and some CCs)
(Cobleskill, Delhi, Morrisville and some CCs)
Food Services
Hotel and Restaurant Management
(Delhi, Cobleskill and some CCs)
Gaming and Casino Management (Morrisville and some CCs)
Viticulture and Wine Technology (FLCC)

14. Green Energy SUNY Program Options Green Building Maintenance
Conservation
Forestry
Green Building Maintenance
SUNY Program Options
Renewable Energy Technologies (Canton, Clinton, Jefferson, Morrisville)
Wind Energy & Turbine Technology (Alfred, Clinton and HVCC)
Green Building Maintenance & Management (Erie, Sullivan, Ulster)
Environmental Science and Forestry (Several CCs)
Alternative Energy (Schenectady)

15. Other SUNY Program Options Drafting (Alfred and several CCs)
Architectural Drafters
Civil Engineering Technicians
Teaching Assistant
Paralegals
SUNY Program Options
Drafting (Alfred and several CCs)
Engineering Tech (Alfred, Canton, Farmingdale, Morrisville and several CCs)
Early Childhood (Canton, Cobleskill, Delhi, Morrisville, several CCs)
Paralegal (Several CCs)
Veterinary Technician (Several Tech colleges and CCs)

16. Sources
Carnevale, A. P., Rose, S. J., & Cheah, B. (2011). The college payoff: Education, occupations, lifetime earnings. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Goodwin, B. (2012, April). Research says/don’t overlook middle-skill jobs. College, Careers, Citizenship, 69, Gordon, E. E. (2009, September). The future of jobs and careers. Techniques, 84(6), New York’s forgotten middle-skill jobs. (March, 2011). National Skills Coalition. Retrieved from Skills%20Jobs%20report%20(r).pdf Rosenbaum, J. (2001). Beyond college for all: Career paths for the forgotten half. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Vedder, R. (2010, December). The great college degree scam [blog post]. Retrieved from Innovations: Insights and Commentary on Higher Education, Chronicle of Higher Education at scam/28067