NIMS and Others Launch Workshop Series to close ITM skills gap.
Press Release Summary:
New program launched by NIMS, Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT), and Ivy Tech Community College will train community and technical college instructors as well as industry trainers in industrial technology maintenance (IMT). Scheduled in 2016 from March 21–23 and April 18–20, ITM workshop series will train instructors on how to implement industrial technology maintenance industry standards into curriculum and deliver related NIMS credentials to their students.
Original Press Release:
NIMS, LIFT and Ivy Tech Launch Instructor Training to Close High-Tech Industrial Technology Maintenance Skills Gap
New educational partnerships and workshops are ensuring high quality training for industrial technology maintenance workforce
NIMS, Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) - one of the new national manufacturing innovation institutes -- and Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech), announced the launch of a new program to train community and technical college instructors as well as industry trainers in industrial technology maintenance. The program is part of a comprehensive effort to prepare a new industrial technology maintenance workforce, which drives the performance and improvement of high-tech manufacturing, and has grown in demand by 118% from 2011 to 2015 in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Ivy Tech and NIMS have collaborated to launch the ITM workshop series to train instructors-in both educational institutions and company training programs-on how to implement the industrial technology maintenance industry standards into curriculum and deliver the related NIMS credentials to their students. Workshops are scheduled for March 21-23, 2016, and April 18-20, 2016. Interested instructors can sign up here.
As part of its commitment to provide leading-edge training and credentials for in-demand jobs, NIMS announced a partnership with Amatrol, the world's leader in skills-based, interactive technical learning, to develop multi-media training materials to support the NIMS ITM certifications. Amatrol's eLearning suite includes industry-validated, interactive content like 3D simulations, videos, and quizzes that align with the nine NIMS ITM Level I certifications. Also included in the suite is an On-the-Job (OJT) training guide to assist companies in adapting the credentials to OJT training experiences.
WANTED: PARTNERS TO PILOT NEW NATIONAL CREDENTIALS
NIMS and LIFT are seeking training providers and employers to pilot the newly-developed credentials beginning this Spring. For more information on how to pilot the credentials, please contact NIMS Director of Marketing, Christine Hubley, at chubley@nims-skills.org.
Learn More About the Initiative
For more information on industrial technology maintenance contact NIMS Director of Marketing, Christine Hubley at chubley@nims-skills.org.
