Advanced Manufacturing

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Today’s manufacturing jobs include all types of precision manufacturing and industrial maintenance operations. You could be working on a computer driven plant floor, making industrial components like high-spec castings or large machine parts or complex materials like fiber reinforced plastic or even consumer products like butane lighters.

Advanced Manufacturing courses lead to NIM and AM/IST recognized certification.

AM/IST – Advanced Manufacturing Integrated Systems Technology
In the past decade, new technology used by America’s advanced manufacturing companies created a growing demand for skilled workers who could perform on electrical, mechanical and electronic equipment that was designed as integrated systems.

Now in high-demand, workers with these multi-disciplinary skills are employed in manufacturing environments that use a new approach to machine design called Mechatronics. Basic skills in this field are demonstrated by earning an AM/IST level 1 certificate.

NIM - National Institute of Metalwork Systems
Skills in the metalworking industry are certified by earning credentials from the NIMS. Completing NIMS approved coursework and sitting for the NIMS performance exams are required to earn this credential based on national metalworking standards.

These professional organizations are considered the industry standard for reliability and credibility as established sources of official industry accepted credentials, enabling certificate holders to immediately qualify for any number of openings in manufacturing plant environments throughout the nation.

Rapid Retraining
JobTrakPA training in advanced manufacturing or mechatronics could take as little as 10 to 25 weeks. With new skills, you can qualify for the following positions:

CNC (Computer Numeric Control) Operator - Certified Production Technician

Production, Planning & Expediting Clerk - Maintenance & Repair Worker

Inspectors

Testers

Sorters

Samplers

Weighers

Logistics Technician

Mechanatronics Technicians

Electromechanical and industrial engineering technicians

JobTrakPA Fast Facts:
More than 12,000 jobs were created in 2011 at the state’s nearly 15,000 manufacturing establishments
- Governor’s Manufacturing Advisory Council Report, 2012

It is projected that there will be 4,800 job openings in advanced manufacturing in the coming years
- 2010 High Priority Occupations from local Workforce Investment Boards

SAMPLE SALARIES

Job Title

Production, Planning & Expediting Clerks

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers & Weighers

Average Wage, 2009

$ 41,880

$ 35,800
$ 38,900

$ 32,970

$ 37,990