He hires about 550 U.S. According to the National Association of Career and Technical Schools, these...

1. Vocational tech grads buck the jobs trend
He hires about 550 U.S. According to the National Association of Career and Technical Schools,
these students can earn $26 an hour more than workers with only a high school diploma.
"There is going to be more and more of those skilled jobs that are available, that are going to be
paying and provide a sustaining career for years and years to come," McGlade said.
It's a career path that McGlade estimates will need 10
million more skilled workers over the next decade.
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technically skilled positions that require two years of
college or advanced certification. These positions can often go unfilled for 12 months.
"You need people who are electronics experts, instrument technicians, mechanics," McGlade said.
This year funding for vocational education was cut by $140 million and President Obama is
proposing a 20 percent cut next year.
"Without support and continued development of a skilled workforce, we're not going to be able to fill
the jobs," McGlade warned.
Lehigh Career and Technical Institute would be impacted, as well -- 5 percent of its budget comes
from federal grants. - "I don't really like the second shift," Nick Senniti, 20, says. His global company
designs and builds high-tech hydrogen equipment and devices.
McGlade is "worried" he won't be able to find skilled workers in the future. workers a year. He now
works for Air Products in Allentown, Pa.
John McGlade, president and CEO of Air Products, says 4,000 of his 7,500 U.S. "But you've got to
start somewhere."
Despite the worst job market in decades, Senniti had three job offers right out of high school.
CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reports Senniti graduated in 2009 as a certified welder
from a Career and Technical Education high school -- or what used to be called vocational education.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. The school trains about 3,000 students from across the Lehigh Valley. All Rights
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. employees are skilled workers