TRAINING & EDUCATION

 

Grant Extension Approved!

Advancing manufacturing into the Global marketplace

Training Reimbursement

WPMC members*, you now have until December 2010 to train your employees on advanced manufacturing processes! 

You also have more grant reimbursement funding available to you.  With the approved modification, each company is allowed a maximum reimbursement of $6,000 per trainee and a total of $36,000 for the company.  And… the first $3,000 of a worker’s training is reimbursed 100%!

So whether you are looking to train your employees on new software or new equipment make your plans now and submit your Training Application to Sara Caven, Program Coordinator with WOW Workforce Development, Inc.  With the new reimbursement schedule in place, funds will go quickly.

For an updated Employer Fact Sheet and Training Request form, contact Sara at 262-695-7893 or scaven@wctc.edu.

 

Training grant funds will be used to upgrade the skills of incumbent advanced manufacturing metalworkers for manufacturers in the seven counties of Southeastern Wisconsin.  It is intended for small companies with approximately 200 employees or less.

*Only WPMC members (TDMAW, AMBA & NTMA) are eligible to apply for training grants

Career Paths/Tech Schools

Toolmaking as a Career

Every product that we touch in daily life, a toolmaker touches first. Toolmakers build precise, complex tools used in high technology industries such as aerospace, medical, automotive, defense, construction, and consumer products.

If you are a mechanically minded, hands-on person who likes problem solving, designing and building things, accepting responsibility, teamwork, math and industrial science, take a look at what toolmaking has to offer.

 

Career Opportunities

  • Mentally challenging projects, each different from the previous one - toolmaking is not repetitious production work
  • Good working environment - today's tool and die shops are clean, safe, environmentally friendly and equipped with computerized machine tools; they are not the greasy, gloomy shops of yesteryear
  • Excellent advancement potential and the ability to move in to other career areas
  • The highest level of job security and the financial strength to provide your family with nice vehicles, a beautiful home and dream vacations