CT Community Colleges' College of Technology

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Curriculum Development

High-Growth Job Training Initiative

Developing Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum for Community Colleges

The RCNGM collaborates on a number of programs with its primary business partner, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA). Recently, the RCNGM has collaborated through a teacher externship program that has resulted in the implementation of two certificate programs - one in lean manufacturing and another in supply chain management.

With a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, CBIA's Education Foundation has developed solutions to two critical workforce issues facing manufacturers. Throughout Connecticut and western Massachusetts, employers in the aerospace, metal, and medical device industries need to raise productivity and increase their number of skilled CNC machinists and programmers. Funding from the High Growth Job Training Initiative Grant in Advanced Manufacturing has enabled CBIA to help them.

Click here for a description of the new courses. For more information on this program, contact Nancy Castonguay at CBIA.