15.06 Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

Production Technician and Assembler SOC 51-2092

Assemblers and production workers build what a factory makes. It is one of the largest groups of manufacturing jobs in the country, and the usual way into the industry. ⚠ No credential is required to start. Florida's 150- to 500-hour courses help you get hired at better plants, earn a soldering certification, and start the climb to technician, inspector or supervisor.

Semiconductor Technician SOC 51-9141

Semiconductor technicians make microchips: they work in cleanrooms, running and maintaining the tools that pattern, etch, deposit and package silicon. ⚠ A small occupation growing much faster than average, and Florida pays it almost $11,000 above the national median. Florida's programmes are new: an 18-credit cleanroom certificate that stacks into a calculus-based A.S.

Industrial Engineering Technician SOC 17-3026

Industrial engineering technicians make production work better — process and layout, quality data, lean methods and scheduling — beside industrial engineers rather than on the machines. ⚠ Median $66,120, and the highest bachelor's expectation of any technician occupation here: 53%. ⚠ It also covers quality-control inspection — a far larger occupation that Florida barely teaches as a programme.

Manufacturing Production Supervisor SOC 51-1011

First-line supervisors run a production crew — scheduling, training, safety, quality and the paperwork behind all of it. ⚠ It is the largest source of annual openings on this site (67,700 a year) at a median of $74,450, and it has no degree behind it: nearly two thirds of entrants report no degree at all. This page is about how the promotion is actually reached.

Logistics and Supply Chain Analyst SOC 13-1081

Logisticians decide where goods sit, how they move and what it costs — purchasing, inventory, transportation and network design. ⚠ It is the fastest-growing and best-paid occupation in this cluster (a median of $82,320, growth of 18% on the latest federal projection), and there is no single required major: 75% hold a bachelor's, and business, supply chain and engineering all lead here. So does the military.

Industrial production technologies — the plant-floor entry to the same material (production and inventory control, scheduling, lean). ⚠ Filed here because manufacturers routinely fill supply chain roles from inside the plant, not because the programme is a logistics degree; it awards 89 short certificates a year across 19 Florida institutions.

15.06Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

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