Blue Collar Worker Analysis

In the American Community College Book, Cohen, Brawer and Kisker (2014) explains the purpose of community colleges and their existence. The American Community Colleges were established in the early years of the twentieth century. The most prominent purpose was the need for workers trained to operate the nation’s expanding industries (Cohen, Brawer, and Kisker, 2014). This new idea of a community college spread rapidly, because the thought was new technologies demanded skilled operators, and training could be done by the community colleges. The notion was widespread that those people who applied themselves most diligently would advance most expeditiously (Cohen, Brawer, and Kisker, 2014). On the other hand, junior colleges were established …show more content…
Also, at the turn of the century, most manual laborers wore blue shirts, which could hold a small amount of dirt with out attracting attention (Investopedia.com 2015). In contrast, the white collar workers are historically known to have the higher-paying salaried positions, and no doubt wear white shirts (Investipedia.com 2015). To analyze a blue collar worker today would be difficult, because in the past, the blue collar worker implied a lack of a education; today, some blue collar workers are formally educated, skilled, highly paid, and with excellent benefits. In some instances, they earn more annually than their white collar counterparts, hence the color schemes are blurred (Investopedia.com …show more content…
A substantial amount of training in educational programs would prepare students for the work world, and industries would be more prone to higher a student with the education and training background (Romano and Kasper, 2009). For example, John Miller, a Training Specialist who works for Unilever Company, asked for specific training from Sandhills Community College. The six months training would prepare high school students to become Certified Production Technicians; moreover, Miller is hoping that eventually the CPT program will become an Industrial Maintenance Applied Associate of Science Degree Program (J. Miller, personal communication, November 4, 2015). Industries are intentionally seeking for workers with former education and training and strongly encourages their employees who do not have the former education to go back to school. Additionally, the company will pay for the employees’ education (J. Miller, personal communication, November 4, 2015). A skilled worker is one with a bachelor’s degree or better, or a worker with a least some post-secondary education, including an associate degree. Unskilled workers include workers who did not complete a high school diploma, have no post-secondary