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✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ NEW MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE HOT JOBS E veryone wants to choose a career that's not only rewarding, but one they can make a living at too. Fortunately, there are many careers in manufacturing that are not only interesting and pay well, but are also in demand. Here's a list of manufacturing jobs that companies are desperate to fill: Mechanical Engineer Education Requirements: four-year bachelor's degree Colleges: UW Fox Valley (in partnership with UW-Platteville) Median Salary: $78,160 Manufacturing Engineer Education Requirements: four-year bachelor's degree Colleges: NWTC (in partnership with UW-Stout) Median Salary: $68,150 Manufacturing Engineering Technicians Education Requirements: two-year associate's degree Colleges: NWTC Median Salary: $45,670 Mechanical Drafters Education Requirements: two-year associate's degree Colleges: FVTC, LTC, MPTC, NWTC Median Salary: $44,360 CNC Programming Education Requirements: two-year technical diploma Colleges: MPTC Median Salary: $44,010 Industrial Machinery Mechanics: Education Requirements: one-year technical diploma Colleges: FVTC, LTC, NWTC Median Salary: $43,720 CNC Machine Tool Operators: Education Requirements: one-year technical diploma Colleges: FVTC, LTC, MPTC, NWTC Median Salary: $33,130 Team Assemblers: Education Requirements: On-the-job training Median Salary: $28,220 NEWMA SCHOLARSHIPS FUND BOOSTS FUTURE STARS seniors to attend one of the region's four technical colleges. The scholarship is for any student interested in pursuing a manufacturing-related associate's degree who has at least a 2.5 grade point average. Students interested in applying can contact the foundation office at the technical college of his or her choice. T Fox Valley Technical College: www.fvtc.edu Lakeshore Technical College: www.gotoltc.edu Moraine Park Technical College: www.morainepark.edu Northeast Wisconsin Technical College: www.nwtc.edu Go online to www.newmfgalliance.org to view videos of the NEW Manufacturing All Stars MANUFACTURING ALL STARS 2012 13 he Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance is looking to invest in the future manufacturing workforce by offering eight $1,000 scholarships for high school All Star Mentor CYNTHIA SCHMOLLER ✯ ✯ ✯ Sargento Foods Inc. Plymouth Job title: Master data manager Job duties: Interact with all divisions to build work orders for manufacturing to create [new] products/manage data synchronization with trading partners/ manage three direct report employees/ manage changes or updates to the data through our database. What's most interesting about your job? My job duties are so diverse and change daily. I can plan my day ahead, but as soon as something requires immediate attention, I have to shift gears and re-prioritize my tasks and usually multi-task. What kind of training prepared you with the necessary skills? Operations, training and development, communication, finance, accounting and The Learning Organization. COURTESY OF ALEX ZACARIAS, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN