Jones, F. R., & Mardis, M. A., & Prajapati, P., & Kowligi, P. R. (2021, July), Facilitating Advanced Manufacturing Technicians' Readiness in the Rural Economy: A Competency-based Deductive Approach  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--37171

\bibitem{asee_peer_37171}
  Jones, F. R., \& Mardis, M. A., \& Prajapati, P., \& Kowligi, P. R. (2021, July), \emph{Facilitating Advanced Manufacturing Technicians' Readiness in the Rural Economy: A Competency-based Deductive Approach}
  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference.
  10.18260/1-2--37171

Faye R. Jones, Marcia A. Mardis, Priyanka Prajapati, and Pallavi Ramakanth Kowligi.  "Facilitating Advanced Manufacturing Technicians' Readiness in the Rural Economy: A Competency-based Deductive Approach".  2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July.  ASEE Conferences, 2021.  https://peer.asee.org/37171 Internet.  12 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_37171}
  Faye R. Jones, Marcia A. Mardis, Priyanka Prajapati, and Pallavi Ramakanth Kowligi.
  "Facilitating Advanced Manufacturing Technicians' Readiness in the Rural Economy: A Competency-based Deductive Approach".
  \emph{2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2021.
  https://peer.asee.org/37171 Internet.  12 Jan, 2025

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AB  - While rural manufacturing job availability is growing throughout the country, rural communities often lack skilled workers.  Thus, it is imperative for employers to validate needed new professional competencies by understanding which skills can be taught on-the-job as well as the knowledge and abilities best gained through classroom learning and experiential learning opportunities.  This enhanced understanding not only benefits employers’ hiring practices, but also it can help Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs improve curricula and expand learning opportunities to best meet students’ and employers’ needs. In this study, we triangulated industry competency model content with rural employer perspectives on new advanced manufacturing (AM) professionals’ desired competencies (i.e., the level of skill sophistication in a particular AM work area).  To extract competencies for entry-level AM rural jobs, we used a deductive approach with multiple methods.  First, we used Natural Language Processing (NLP) to extract, analyze, and compare the U.S. Department of Labor’s AM 2010 and 2020 Competency Models because they reflect the levels and topics AM industry professionals nationally reported as technician needs.  Then, we interviewed 10 rural AM employers in North Florida to capture their perceptions of the most important competencies for new middle-skill technicians.  Interview transcripts were also processed using NLP to extract competency levels and topics; we compared this output to the AM Competency Model analysis results.  We deduced that the most critical competencies identified by rural AM employers required direct classroom instruction, but there was a subset of skills obtainable through on-the-job training or other experiential learning. This study, with the goal of addressing employee shortages and increasing the number of technicians ready for the workforce, has implications for rural community colleges’ AM programs curricula and the role of experiential learning. 
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