Advanced manufacturing companies are increasingly turning to apprenticeship to develop, grow, and retain a skilled workforce. Manufacturers and their workforce and education partners are using Registered Apprenticeship programs to skill-up workers in hundreds of occupations, from CNC Operators to welders to mechatronics technicians.
This page offers tools, successful program examples, and other resources that can be used to help expand apprenticeship in the advanced manufacturing sector.
General Information and Outreach Resources
- Apprenticeship.gov Advanced Manufacturing Resource Page
- Registered Apprenticeship in Manufacturing Fact Sheet
- Manufacturing Apprenticeship Webpage
- Apprenticeship in Manufacturing Flyer
- Manufacturing One-Pager
- ATE Central Resource Collection
- AFL-CIO Working for America Institute RA in Manufacturing Toolkit
- Advanced Manufacturing - Solutions for Industry
- MII Manufacturing Flyer
- Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship Flyer
- Competency-Based Apprenticeship System
- Advanced Manufacturing FAQs
Developing Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeships
- Employer's Playbook for Building an Apprenticeship Program
- Manufacturing Industry Career Pathway
- Manufacturing and Registered Apprenticeship: A Toolkit
- Mentoring for Apprenticeship: Train the Trainer for OJT
- Community College Outreach Flyer
- Apprenticeships: Modernizing A Proven Workforce Development Strategy
- Sample Work Process Standards
Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) Resources
- Work-Based Learning in Action: IMT Program Case Study
- Working for America Institute IMT Program
- IMT Brochure
Examples of Registered Apprenticeship Programs
- The Greater Oh-Penn Manufacturing Apprenticeship Network
- Advanced Machine and Engineering Precision Machinist Program
- Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee
- Apprenticeship Works - The National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship Partnership
- Advanced Manufacturing & Transportation Apprenticeships of California
- Northeast Advanced Manufacturing Consortium
- DOW Chemical
- Cox Manufacturing
- Siemens
- Nestlé and Ivy Tech Community College
- Alamo Academies
- Manufacturing 2000 Machinist Apprenticeships
- Women-Only Pre-Apprenticeship Programs in Mississippi and West Virginia
- U.S. Department of Labor H1-B Apprenticeship: Closing the Skills Gap Program
Organizations Working on Apprenticeship
- National Association of Manufacturers / The Manufacturing Institute
- National Institute of Metalworking Skills
- Society of Mechanical Engineers / Tooling U
- Fabricators and Manufacturers Association
- AFL-CIO
Outreach Materials for Businesses
