Manufacturing Workers Need Investment in their Digital Skills

By Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, February 20, 2020

American jobs are undergoing massive technological transformation, with even entry-level workers now expected to use all manner of digital devices and equipment. Nowhere is this more true than in the manufacturing sector, which directly employs more than one in ten U.S. workers and indirectly supports millions more.

To succeed in this rapidly transforming environment, workers need broad-based digital problem-solving skills that equip them to learn a wide variety of today’s technologies and navigate continued changes in the future. Manufacturing Workers Need Investment in their Digital Skills analyzes the data of manufacturing workers’ limited digital skills how they can equip themselves with upskill their digital literacy.