NTMA and PMA report that 74% of recently surveyed members currently have skilled job openings. In addition, 90% of survey respondents are having severe or moderate challenges recruiting qualified employees. With many technology programs at secondary and post-secondary schools having closed in recent years, there are not enough young people gaining the skills needed to fill these essential roles.

Lackawanna College President Mark Volk has developed a Natural Gas Technology Associate’s Degree program in cooperation with the natural gas industry that is designed to prepare students for a career in the operations segment of the industry, a flourishing source of regional job growth. The program’s placement rate is over 95%.

The Newsmaker panelists will explore various aspects of the skills gap problem as well as potential solutions from increasing educational opportunities to recruiting military veterans and members of the U.S. National Guard.

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