With the strong emphasis on clean energy that’s sweeping the globe, many manufacturing and technical skills are transferable to alternative energy production efforts. But employers are also looking for ‘green’-savvy managers to drive the corporate transition.
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As industry turns to green solutions, the jobs of the future may not require skills terribly different from those of today.
For instance, the interior of a wind turbine isn't much different from the interior of a washing machine -- both use mechanical and electrical components and computer controls, according to John Patten, chairman of the manufacturing engineering department at Western Michigan University. Patten erected a pole-mounted wind turbine he bought himself for WMU's Parkview campus.
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