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"The physical work in many manufacturing jobs has gone away, but the mental work has dramatically increased," Bacon said. "They need to understand the function of the computer, if not read the code. They certainly need more math skills than ever."
Toward that end, Northern Nevada learning institutions have been pumping up their offerings.
Western Nevada College offers a career program in automated systems. At TMCC, students can earn a certificate in manufacturing technologies, meant to lead to any number of production technician jobs.
Randal Walden teaches the TMCC classes. He said a well-rounded manufacturing with battery like panasonic DMW-BMB9 Battery , panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150 Battery , panasonic DMW-BLC12 Battery , panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 Battery , panasonic DMW-BCJ13E Battery , panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Battery , panasonic DMW-BLD10E Battery , panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 Battery , panasonic DMW-BLE9E Battery , panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 Battery , panasonic DMW-BCK7E Battery , panasonic NCA-YN101H Battery worker must understand mechanical and electric systems, plus safety and quality control.
After that, specific employers can train those well-rounded workers in whatever specifics are needed, Walden said.
Walden spent years working all levels of factory jobs in Michigan and Nevada before taking up the job of training workers in Reno.
In Walden's training lab at TMCC, a dozen types of workstations hold the trappings of modern manufacturing.
Students learn to fine-tune the programming that allows a lemon-yellow robot arm to assemble small metal parts. They learn to wire the innards of traffic lights. And, most important for broadening their skills, they learn to troubleshoot the electronic tools they study.
This fall, TMCC will launch a production technology program to prepare students for front-line production jobs, according to Barbara Walden, a grant project manager at the school.
Courses will include basic electricity, programmable logic controllers, electric motors and material handling. Communications and human relations credits are required for the certificate, as is mathematics.
"The flat-out goal is to get people placed into jobs," Barbara Walden.
Salaries
If Tesla were to build its gigafactory near Reno, pay could be better than in many entry-level jobs, but not in the stratosphere, said Ray Bacon of the manufacturers' group.
"Entry-level stuff — shipping, packaging , some people in the production process — my guess is, some will start at $10 an hour and then go up from there," he said.
Given Bacon's three-level breakdown, here are figures from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
• Basic factory workers: The mean pay for this kind of job —assemblers and fabricators —currently hovers between $13 and $16 per hour.
• Top-tier jobs: The mean pay for industrial production managers is more than $90,000 a year. For chemists, it's around $78,000.
• Mid-level specialists: Pay swings widely in similar jobs, but both first-line production supervisors and plant/system operators make around $60,000, according to DETR figures.
TESLA GIGAFACTORY BACKGROUND
Two sites in Northern Nevada, Reno Stead Airport and the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center east of Sparks, are potential targets for the project estimated to employ 6,500 people and pump $4 billion-$5 billion into the local economy. There are indications the Storey County center could be the winner.
Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stayed silent about where the company will build the massive lithium ion battery plant.
Tesla has stated it will select at least two finalist states among Nevada, California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas starting in June with construction starting on more than one site — possibly up to three — to minimize the risk of delays before it selects a winner for making batteries for Tesla cars starting in 2017.