Skills Gap / Incubator: a possible solution to skilled workers shortage

The skilled manufacturing industry needs to take a page from the local high-tech sector and open a business incubator to help train and retain talent in the region.

That’s according to the president of the Conestoga Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, who spoke to a group of manufacturing industry experts and regional representatives last week.

“Look at what Communitech is doing, where is the equivalent for manufacturing?” asked John Tibbits last week at the release of a new report by the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin.

The report indicates manufacturing in Waterloo Region is far from death’s door, shining light on the perceived misconception by using the most recent statistics available.

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