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.
