Currently, there are more than 1,300 job openings in High Tech Manufacturing available in the Rochester area alone, with the demand reaching 20,000 nationwide. The U.S. Government projects 2 job openings for every new certified precision metalworker through 2005. Precision machining provides a practical basis for an engineering or business degree. The gloomy rooms and greasy machines of the past are replaced with computers and high technology.
Many toolmakers eventually own their own shops.
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