SCHAUMBURG – This week, the Technology & Manufacturing Association’s Training & Education Department launched another year of preparing a new generation of skilled manufacturers. An even 100 apprentices will be taking TMA classes this fall – paid for by their employers.
STREAMWOOD – Seventy Chicago area high school students recently used their machining skills to help disabled individuals walk again.
Leigh McConnell, who works directly with high schools to implement the Foundation’s grant program, reports a substantial sum of private support distributed in the 2022-2023 school year to Chicago area high schools promoting machining skills.
The manufacturing industry has long sounded the alarm about the “The Grey Tsunami” that is sweeping away skilled, experienced, and valuable manufacturing professionals. The question is – where will the next generation of manufacturers come from and how will they be trained?
High Schools & Colleges prevent American Youth From finding rewarding & lucrative careers Reprinted from TMA News Bulletin June 2018 – There is a “Walking
The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) has been at the forefront of working with high schools over the last several decades to provide opportunities for their students to experience and develop precision machining skills.
SCHAUMBURG – A person certified in mold making, CNC programming or tool & die making is prized among US manufacturers. Thousands of opportunities for mold makers alone are available on the job-seeking source Indeed.com – but for the most part, mold-making positions are left unfilled because qualified candidates are rare.
Patrick Osborne, who became TMA’s President in July 2021, was vice-president of TMA’s Training & Education Department in June 2015.
From TMA’s June 2015 News Bulletin
To say that designing dies has changed dramatically in the last two decades is an understatement, TMA instructor Ray Proeber says.
