Manufacturing can generally be defined as the “planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products.” The manufacturing partners of LCCPA create everything from gears and pulleys, to backhoes for John Deere tractors, to welders that are used in shipyards and oil pipelines throughout the world. The creation of these products requires the coordination of a large number of people with a variety of skills who need to work together as a team. The manufacturing career cluster actually encompasses hundreds of different occupations and career opportunities which require individuals to have a range of different specialized skills, as well as a strong foundation of communication, computation, problem solving, leadership, and decision making skills.
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