Articles Tagged with ''manufacturing education and training''

Letters matter to welders. A, B and C, for example, are grades that employers use to determine a welder’s current ability, work assignments and pay scale. Letter A is the highest grade, followed by B and C.

VANCE, AL—Mercedes Benz has opened a new training center at its assembly plant here.

FLAT ROCK, MI—At Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant, 1,400 new hires are being trained using a simulated factory.

HEBRON, KY—An innovative program here is designed to get more high school students to pursue careers in advanced manufacturing.

BUFFALO, NY—The Western New York Economic Development Council has endorsed a plan to create a workforce training center here that will help teach local workers the skills needed in today’s more-advanced factory work.

NEW YORK—In a move to attract the next generation into manufacturing, ThomasNet has launched the North American Manufacturing Scholarship Program. Up to 30 graduating high school seniors with an interest in manufacturing careers will each receive a $1,000 scholarship to pursue studies at a two-year or four-year college, or a vocational-technical school.

Manufacturers often fail to recognize the ability of their employees to learn and think.

BELDEN, MS—Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi and four local community colleges are launching a program to train people for advanced manufacturing jobs.

LOUISVILLE, KY—University of Louisville will offer graduate classes next to the assembly line at GE Appliance Park.