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Trade Programs Struggle to Hire Instructors Because Industry Work Pays More

Alejandria Tomas · The great electrician shortage · Jan 11, 2023 · at 17:24

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Alejandria Tomas, a dean at Laney College, explains why community colleges struggle to hire instructors for trade programs such as Electrical and Electronics Technology (EET).

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“Employees usually earn more when they work in the field than they are in teaching. So it's hard to recruit for faculty members to our area. I think it's just made worse in EET because there's a shortage of electricians in the Bay Area.”

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Trade skill disciplines struggle to recruit faculty because industry workers earn higher wages in the field than instructors do, a problem intensified in Electrical and Electronics Technology by the Bay Area electrician shortage.

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Trade Programs Struggle to Hire Instructors Because Industry Work Pays More

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