New fabs won't achieve much without specialized staff to fill them
Intel and community colleges in Ohio are introducing a one-year"stackable, shareable and transferrable" semiconductor certificate program to address the skills crunch looming on the horizon., which found the workforce across the US sector is projected to grow 33 percent from 345,000 jobs in 2023 to 460,000 by 2030.
Intel is building fabrication plants in Ohio and Arizona, and previously warned of the skilled worker shortfalls in those locations that it thinks will number in the tens of thousands. Intel reckons the Ohio project alone is going to create 3,000 Intel jobs and 7,000 in construction, as well as thousands more in the broader ecosystem of equipment and materials suppliers.
Upping certification boot camps, apprenticeships, and other training schemes at community colleges"is an effective way to help close the workforce gap for technicians, SIA found," said Intel.