Santee-Lynches Region’s 2-Year Economic Forecast

&Workforce Development Issues

Bruce Mills, Research Analyst

Santee-Lynches Workforce Development

Clarendon School District 2 Board MeetingJune 25, 2013

Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter counties

Santee-Lynches Employment

Santee-Lynches Unemployment Rate

Number of Unemployed seeking work

Number of Employed + Number of Unemployed seeking work (OR “Labor Force”)

Santee-Lynches Labor Force

Labor Force = Number of Employed + Number of Unemployed seeking work

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August 2011 U6 Unemployment Rates for adults 25-and-older. U6 Rate measures the total unemployed, plus those employed part-time involuntarily, plus discouraged workers who have at least temporarily given up searching for work. Thus, U6 rates describe the real number of people in the U.S. who are feeling the effects of unemployment. U6 national rates applied to Santee-Lynches Region by COG calculation.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages

MANUFACTURING:Blue-Collar Jobs Go High Tech

Illustration by TIME

20th Century America

Low-cost, low-skilled

labor

Dirty

Labor-intensive

H.S. Diploma or less

LABOR

Today & into future

Cutting-edge technology

Clean, like a medical lab

Fewer, but higher-skilled,

workers

1 & 2-year technical degrees

SKILLS

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Jobs

Jobs

Labor Force

Labor Force

Labor Force

Central Carolina Technical College“Scholars Program”

• Free, 2-year scholarship offer to the college in any program of study to any high school graduate from any high school in CLARENDON in the Class of 2015, if meet following requirements: 1) graduate high school on time; 2) maintain a “C” average in high school; and 3) test ready for college-level coursework.

• Current average student age is 27.7 years old.

• Current 18 and 19-year-old enrollment at college is only 16.3% of total credit student enrollment.

2-year field of study Occupation Starting pay

• Nursing Registered Nurse $50,000

• Human Services Counselor $26,000

• Paralegal Paralegal/Legal Assistant $30,000

• Computer Technology Programmer/Technician $40,000

• Criminal Justice Police Officer/Forensic Tech. $25,000

Sample of CCTC 2-year Associate Degree Programs

2-year field of study Occupation Starting pay

• Mechatronics Maintenance Technician $40,000

• Welding Welder $40,000-$50,000

• Engineering Graphics Eng. Graphics Technician $36,000

• Machine Tool Machine Tool/CNC Operator $30,000-$36,000

• Automotive Technology Automotive Technician $30,000

• HVAC/R Technology HVAC Service Technician $30,000

Sample of CCTC 2-year Associate Degree Programs