New Funding Awarded to Develop Manufacturing Apprenticeship Coaching Program at Pennsylvania School of Expertise in Williamsport

Governor Tom Wolf is constant his unwavering dedication to the commonwealth’s workforce with the announcement of $696,220 in new funding for the Pennsylvania School of Expertise Penn School A number of Apprenticeship Pathways (MAP) program.

“Supporting apprenticeship packages is a win for all residents of the commonwealth,” stated Gov. Wolf. “Pennsylvania School of Expertise’s packages will present members with a paycheck whereas they obtain the coaching they should advance their careers. These packages enable members to study helpful abilities that put together them for in-demand, good-paying jobs in fields that all of us depend on and wish.” 

By this funding, offered by Pennsylvania’s Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant Program, Pennsylvania School of Expertise will broaden participation in and improve consciousness of their pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship packages. The faculty plans to coach a complete of 60 Superior Manufacturing Pre-Apprentices and practice at the least 160 Superior Manufacturing Apprentices over three years.

Pre-apprentices will have the ability to take part in Penn School Profession Festivals in addition to Trade Day, and apprentices will obtain coaching in Mechatronics, Industrial Manufacturing Technician programs (IMT), Pc Numerical Management (CNC), Plastics Course of Technician programs, Robotics, and IntroMECH.

“In 2018, with the help of Division of Group and Financial Improvement funding, we had been capable of launch our highschool pre-apprenticeship, designed to offer college students expertise with a wide range of high-demand, high-skill jobs in superior manufacturing,” stated Beth M. Bittenbender, director of operations/particular tasks for Workforce Improvement at Penn School. “This new funding permits us to proceed delivering that program to the 22 colleges and cyber colleges throughout the commonwealth which have already participated, whereas probably increasing it to extra college districts. The funding additionally permits us to scale back the price to employers for our registered apprenticeship packages, serving to them meet the large skills-gap challenges they proceed to face.”

Pennsylvania School of Expertise turned an affiliate of The Pennsylvania State College in 1989. Previous to the affiliation, it was generally known as Williamsport Space Group School (1965-89) and Williamsport Technical Institute (1941-65). At present, Penn School is a particular mission affiliate of Penn State, dedicated to utilized know-how schooling. Almost 4,200 college students are enrolled within the bachelor-degree, associate-degree, and certificates majors regarding greater than 100 completely different profession fields.

Beneath Gov. Wolf, 83 pre-apprentice and apprenticeship packages have been supported and greater than $12.7 million has been invested by Pennsylvania’s Division of Group and Financial Improvement (DCED) Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant program.

This system works to extend apprenticeship availability to Pennsylvania employers to help them with their expertise recruitment and improvement. Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Program funding is offered to eligible candidates for the aim of reaching the objective of accelerating apprenticeship accessibility throughout the state. Eligible makes use of of funds embody bills associated to instruction that enhances on-the-job studying.

For extra details about the Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant Program and different financial improvement packages, go to the DCED web site, and remember to keep up-to-date with the entire company’s information on Fb, Twitter, and LinkedIn. 

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