Oakland County Michigan Works! is hosting its seventh annual Manufacturing Day on Friday, October 1 with 1,000 high school students participating in live, online tours with professionals from 10 local advanced manufacturing companies.
Oakland County Michigan Works! partners with Oakland County, Oakland Schools and Oakland Community College to organize this event.
“Manufacturing Day boosts our Oakland80 initiative by creating a buzz around advanced manufacturing careers for our students,” Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter said. “They will encounter not only the cutting-edge companies we have in Oakland County, but what it takes to build a successful career here.”
Oakland80 is the county’s strategic goal of having 80 percent of adult residents with a post-secondary degree or certified training credential by 2030.
This is the second year Oakland County Michigan Works! has gone virtual with Manufacturing Day due to COVID-19. Students will go on video tours of the operations, enjoy live online presentations by company employees, and participate in question-and-answer sessions where they can submit questions in real time. Company employees representing various departments will be sharing details about their jobs, educational background, and entry-level opportunities, including apprenticeships and on-the-job training programs.
North Farmington High School engineering instructor Amy Porter and her students participated in the virtual Oakland County Manufacturing Day last year.
“My students not only got to visit a local manufacturing company, but they learned more about the jobs available within the organization and the education and experience needed. They also got to see how the manufacturing industry has adapted and managed to work during this time, too,” she said.
“Oakland County Manufacturing Day is one of the highlights of the year for us,” said Workforce Development Manager Jennifer Llewellyn. “Our job is to help our manufacturers build highly trained and skilled teams and events like this help fuel the talent pipeline of next-generation professionals who will work at these employers, some as soon as next year.”
This year’s participating Manufacturing Day employers include:
-ABB
-Atlas Copco
-Brose North America
-Encore Automation
-FANUC America
-Hirotec America
-Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering
-Prefix Corp.
-Wenzel America
-3-Dimensional Services Group
OCC’s Engineering, Manufacturing and Industrial Technology (EMIT) programs offers students a number of certificates and degrees in the skilled trades that prepare them for a career in a variety of manufacturing areas, including Automobile Servicing; Collision Auto Repair; Machine Tool Technology; Robotics and Automated Systems Technology and Welding and Fabrication Technology. For more information about OCC’s Skilled Trades programs, visit https://www.oaklandcc.edu/programs/emit/default.aspx.
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