Build Your Own Manufacturing Workforce with Registered Apprenticeship
Join 200 companies including Mack Truck and Newport News Shipbuilding and locals from 10 unions including USW, IAM, and IBEW.
Advanced manufacturing companies face complex workforce challenges in a competitive global marketplace. Registered Apprenticeship is a proven solution to recruit and build a world-class manufacturing workforce. PAMA (Partnership for Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship) will help you build customized apprenticeship programs to serve your specific needs.
PAMA (Partnership for Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship) will help you build customized apprenticeship programs to serve your specific needs.
Why PAMA:
- Solve workforce challenges— recruitment and turnover
- Customize training for your specific needs
- Build your skilled workforce from within—now and for the future
- Access diverse talent pools for your hiring needs
- Connect with education and training providers
- Offer advancement opportunities for your workers
- Connect with education and training providers
- Retain and build company expertise
- Get a great return on investment
What PAMA Can Do for You
- Build your customized program —all new or grow what you have
- Navigate the apprenticeship system for you
- Arrange for industry-recognized credentials for your workforce
- Identify training providers
- Develop selection criteria for apprentices
- Fund training start-up cost
- Fund supports to keep apprentices on track
- Connect you with other funding opportunities
- Help to establish or expand joint labor-management training partnerships
Create a tailored program in more than 50 occupations:
- Electronics Technician
- Industrial Manufacturing Technician
- Machinist
- Quality Control Analyst
- Welders
- Sheet metal workers
- Plumbers and pipefitters
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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Thank you to our Partners
Nikki Miller, Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations Apprentice
Nikki Miller is changing the course of her careers while learning valuable skills.
Miller is an apprentices at the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations in Macungie, Pa. Employing about 2,700 people, the facility produces heavy-duty trucks for the North American market and for export outside the United States.
“This has been an incredible opportunity, and I’m glad I was part of it,” said Miller, who has been in the electrical apprenticeship for more than two years.