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- Your Next Career: Why Manufacturing Makes Sense
- Short-Term Workforce Programs Fuel Community College Enrollment
- Career and Technical Education: A Parent’s Guide to CTE
- Amatrol & MSSC Debut Skill Boss Logistics for new Logistics Certifications
- LIFT and Amatrol Announce National Rollout of IGNITE: Mastering Manufacturing Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum for High Schools
- HVAC Worker Shortage: Understanding the Problem and Finding a Solution
- School Closings Due to COVID-19 Prevention? Amatrol's Here to Help
- IGNITE: How To Spark Student Interest and Light the Fire that Leads to Career Success
- Switching to eLearning Due to COVID-19? Avoid These Myths About Online Industrial Training
- Perkins V: What You Need to Know
- Amatrol’s Industrial eLearning: The Perfect Choice for Large Companies
- Skill Boss Logistics: Supply Chain Automation Training & Assessment for Certification
- Supply Chain 4.0: How to Attract and Develop Skilled Workers for the Digital Supply Chain
- Skill Boss Training and Assessment Systems for Manufacturing & Logistics
- Skill Boss Logistics: The Key Link in a Supply Chain of Skilled Workers
- Skill Boss Logistics Offers Training, Assessment for Supply Chain Workers
- Adobe Flash’s Demise | 3 Simple Ways to Test Your eLearning
- Amatrol’s eLearning: Flexibility Enables Hands-On Training While Social Distancing
- Amatrol Announces Transition Plan from Flash to WebGL for eLearning Library
- The CARES Act: How to Access Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Money for Education
- The World’s Next Manufacturing Center: A 21st Century Outlook on the Manufacturing Sector in Africa
- Indiana Announces Plan to Offer 10,000 Free Certifications for Hoosier Workers Displaced by COVID-19
- Next Generation Workforce Certification: Innovative Tools for Educating and Upskilling Supply Chain Automation Technicians
- Skill Boss Manufacturing: 4 Reasons Your Training Program Needs It
- It’s Time to Update Your HVAC Training Program
- CASE STUDY: How to Hold In-Person, Virtual, & Hybrid Training During Covid-19 Pandemic
- Amatrol + DAC Worldwide Electrical Training Systems: Comprehensive Training for Fundamental Skills
- 5 Ways to Update Your CTE Program for an Uncertain Future
- Community Colleges, Skills Training Essential to Economic Recovery
- The HVAC Skills Gap: How to Solve the Critical Shortage of Skilled Workers
- New Study Supports the Promise of Apprenticeships
- CTE Funding: Grants Hold the Key to Maintaining Momentum in the Midst of a Pandemic
2019 News Items
- Are Your Students Prepared To Work in a Smart Factory?
- "Industry 4.0 Fundamentals" Sets the Deck for Student Success
- Teach Hands-On Smart Automation Skills in High School Using Amatrol’s Tabletop Smart Factory
- NIMS Certifications Pave the Path to a Successful Career in Industry
- Training for the Future: How CPT and CPT+ Certifications Can Enrich Professional Development
- Evolving CTE Programs Can Help Bridge the Skills Gap
- Skills Training in Correctional Facilities: How Second Chances Could Help Close the Skills Gap
- Technical Training & Certifications in Prison Systems Could Close Skills Gap
- STEM Education Holds the Key to Bridging the Skills Gap
- Training the Future Workforce: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
- What Is Industry 4.0?
- What Is Needed for Smart Factory Capabilities? A Look Into Industry 4.0...
- Transform Your Tabletop Mechatronics System into a Smart Factory
- How Does Industry 4.0 Affect My Job? The Truth Behind Smart Automation
- Amatrol’s eLearning: The Technical Training Solution for Industry
- Amatrol's Robotics Engineering Summer Camp 2019 | A Look Back
- A Peek Inside Amatrol's Headquarters | Schedule Your Visit Today!
- Study Shows Smart Factory Initiatives Paying Off for Early Adopters
- Are Your Students Pursuing Certifications That Matter?
- Latest NAM Survey Confirms Skills Gap Remains Greatest Challenge
- The Top 5 Ways Amatrol Products Can Energize Your Electrical Training Program
- 5 Signs It's Time to Update Your CTE Program
- CTE Partners: How Can Employers Help Educators Develop Relevant Career and Technical Education Programs?
- Giving Career Advice to Students: What Skills Will Students Need To Be Successful in the Jobs of the Future?
- 2020 Vision: A Look Ahead at the Future of Manufacturing
- Equipping a CTE Lab: How To Teach Process Control Skills
- Five Ways to Increase Student Enrollment in CTE Classes
- Amatrol Mechatronics Training Video
- Quality Management System ISO 9001:2015 Certified
- Case Study: Solving The Process Technologies Skills-Gap In Texas’s Upper Panhandle
- Five Tips for Successful Technical Training Grant Proposals
- 3 Ways to Determine a Community’s Technical Training Needs
- 3 More Ways to Increase Student Enrollment in a CTE Program
- Amatrol Hosting Two Week Summer Robotics Engineering Camp
- We Can Solve the Technical Skills Gap! by Paul Perkins
- National Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program Certifies First Apprentices in IN
- Four Ways eAssessment Can Work for You
- Register Now for the National Career Development Summit
- Amatrol and MSSC Labor Day Gift to the Nation
- New State-of-the-Art Technology Center Opening in Central Louisiana
- Bevill State CC introduces free CPT training program in Northern Alabama
- Austin Peay Becomes Second College to Offer Siemens Bachelor's Degree
- Five Ways to Attract Millennials to Manufacturing
- Four Reasons Why Students Should Seek Out More Apprenticeships
- Amatrol Products Part of Ashley Furniture's $3 Million Investment
- Four Reasons You Should Be Teaching IIoT & Smart Factory Technologies
- Industry-Standard Certifications Can Jump-Start or Fast-Track Your Career in Advanced Manufacturing
- Using eAssessment To Bridge the Skills Gap with Targeted Training
- How to Find Grant Funding for Technical Training
- Professional Conferences: How to Show a Solid Return on Investment
- Training Tomorrow’s Workforce Starts Today
- Makerspaces, Amatrol Work to Close the Skills Gap
- Four Tips on Introducing STEM to Young Learners
- Four Ways to Establish Ties with Local Community Colleges
- Guiding Students toward the In-Demand Skills & Roles of the Future
- Looking Ahead to Manufacturing Trends in 2019
- Where Are All the Highly-Skilled Workers?
- Could Automation Revive Manufacturing Apprenticeships?
- Dual Enrollment Programs Pave the Pathway to Career Success
- KY FAME’s 7 Steps to Solving the Manufacturing Skills Gap
- Amatrol Selected as a Finalist for SME Training Provider of the Year
- Amatrol Introduces the Portable Basic Hydraulics Learning System
- 'Operation Next' Arms Departing Service Members With Manufacturing Job Skills
- Skill Boss Maintenance Gains Positive Media Attention Ahead of Official Launch
- NIMS Endorses Amatrol's Multimedia Curricula for ITM Certification
- NIMS Pilot New Industrial Technology Maintenance Credential
- Amatrol and GE Appliances support new lab for Bullitt County students
- Companies Struggle to Find Employees with Basic Assembly Skills
- Amatrol's Robotics Camp Provides Hands-On STEM Skills
- STEM Dropout Rates and the Manufacturing Skills Gap
- Amatrol.com Adds Responsive Design for Mobile Devices
- Amatrol Hosts 350 Students for Manufacturing Day 2016
- Low-Cost, High-Skill Portable Simulators Can Help Workforce Shortage
- Machine Troubleshooting - A Vital But Shrinking Industry Skill
- Amatrol Expands In Jeffersonville, IN
- Amatrol Learning Systems Showcased on PBS “News Hour”
- Amatrol's eLearning on Kindle Fire tablets!
- Amatrol eLearning and LMS now compatible on Windows tablets!
- President Barack Obama Commends CCAC's Job-Driven Training
- Amatrol Selected for President's "E" Award for Export Excellence
- Walla Walla CC wins The Aspen Prize, cites Amatrol as "paramount equipment"
- Amatrol proudly introduces our new line of eBooks!
- Amatrol's New Portable Motor Control & Portable Motor AC Drive Learning Systems
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CTE Funding: Grants Hold the Key to Maintaining Momentum in the Midst of a Pandemic
Click HERE to view CTE Funding: Grants Hold the Key to Maintaining Momentum in the Midst of a Pandemic as a multimedia presentation. As instructors and administrators everywhere will tell you, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented many different and ongoing challenges for educators in 2020. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that’s going to change any time… Learn More
New Study Supports the Promise of Apprenticeships
Click HERE to view New Study Supports the Promise of Apprenticeship as a multimedia presentation. Today’s manufacturers just can’t seem to catch a break. For years, they’ve been battling an ongoing skills gap that has made it very difficult for them to hire the skilled workers they need to fill their open positions and seize… Learn More
The HVAC Skills Gap: How to Solve the Critical Shortage of Skilled Workers
Click HERE to view The HVAC Skills Gap: How to Solve the Critical Shortage of Skilled Workers as a multimedia presentation. There are few homeowner emergencies more serious than a furnace on the fritz in the middle of winter or an air conditioning unit conking out during the dog days of summer. We Homo sapiens relish our… Learn More
Community Colleges, Skills Training Essential to Economic Recovery
Click HERE to view Community Colleges, Skills Training Essential to Economic Recovery as a multimedia presentation. Raise your hand if you believe the way 2020 has gone is payback for all those lame “20/20 vision” jokes we made last year. After all, no one had the foresight to predict the way our world would change back in… Learn More
5 Ways to Update Your CTE Program for an Uncertain Future
Click HERE to view 5 Ways to Update Your CTE Program for an Uncertain Future as a multimedia presentation. Have you been brainstorming ways to take your Career and Technical Education (CTE) program to the next level? With many schools and programs in a holding pattern due to the Coronavirus pandemic, instructors might be tempted to… Learn More
Amatrol + DAC Worldwide Electrical Training Systems: Comprehensive Training for Fundamental Skills
Click HERE to view Amatrol + DAC Worldwide Electrical Training Systems: Comprehensive Training for Fundamental Skills as a multimedia presentation. Whether you’re training the next generation of industrial maintenance technicians or looking to upskill your current production workforce, it’s always a good idea to start with the basics. And when it comes to essential… Learn More
CASE STUDY: How to Hold In-Person, Virtual, & Hybrid Training During Covid-19 Pandemic
To view ‘CASE STUDY: How to Hold In-Person, Virtual, & Hybrid Training During Covid-19 Pandemic’ as a Multimedia presentation, please click here. Time spent in secondary and postsecondary schooling is an opportunity for students to showcase their creativity, adapt to new environments, and discover skills that will last a lifetime. However in 2020, it seems… Learn More
It’s Time to Update Your HVAC Training Program
Click HERE to view It’s Time to Update Your HVAC Training Program as a multimedia presentation. Does your HVAC training program need a makeover? Yes, it does, and here’s why. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry is thriving, yet its future is uncertain. The HVAC industry, like nearly every other industry across the nation… Learn More
Skill Boss Manufacturing: 4 Reasons Your Training Program Needs It
To view “Skill Boss Manufacturing: 4 Reasons Your Training Program Needs It” as a Multimedia Presentation in a new window, please click here. In chess, the King is the most important piece in the game because without it, the game would be over. Its value to your success is infinite. This also describes the Skill… Learn More
Next Generation Workforce Certification: Innovative Tools for Educating and Upskilling Supply Chain Automation Technicians
You’re invited to a webinar focusing on advances in the competency-based training and certifications available to current and future supply chain automation technicians. This free webinar on July 22nd hosted by National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center at Norco College and The National Center for Supply Chain Automation will feature the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) speaking about their new supply chain… Learn More
Indiana Announces Plan to Offer 10,000 Free Certifications for Hoosier Workers Displaced by COVID-19
During Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s press conference on June 5, 2020, Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers announced a plan to, “reach at least 10,000 Hoosiers and help them learn new skills quickly through free courses and short-term training,” due to dislocation from their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. To aid the Governor… Learn More
The World’s Next Manufacturing Center: A 21st Century Outlook on the Manufacturing Sector in Africa
For much of the past two decades, China has been referred to as the Factory of the World due to sheer amount of products that are manufactured there. This shift has turned a mostly agrarian society into a country with the largest middle class on Earth; a change that began with the widespread integration of… Learn More
The CARES Act: How to Access Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Money for Education
Click HERE to view The CARES Act: How to Access Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Money for Education as a multimedia presentation. So how’s your school year going? In spring of a normal year, teachers and administrators might share success stories and talk about how they’re looking forward to launching another class of graduates out into the workforce… Learn More
Amatrol Announces Transition Plan from Flash to WebGL for eLearning Library
Amatrol’s eLearning curricula – with its robust content, expansive range of technical topics, stunning animations, interactive quizzes, and more – is the premier source for technical training content in the world. Like many eLearning providers, Amatrol’s eLearning curricula utilized Adobe Flash in its programming. In 2017, Adobe announced that its widely used web plug-in, Flash,… Learn More
Amatrol’s eLearning: Flexibility Enables Hands-On Training While Social Distancing
Click HERE to view Amatrol’s eLearning: Flexibility Enables Hands-On Training While Social Distancing as a multimedia presentation. For many career and technical education (CTE) instructors, eLearning has allowed them to finish the spring 2020 semester without in-person contact with their students. But what will the fall 2020 semester hold? No one knows for sure, but few… Learn More
Adobe Flash’s Demise | 3 Simple Ways to Test Your eLearning
NOTE: If Amatrol is your eLearning provider, or you are considering Amatrol as a provider, click here to see Amatrol’s eLearning Transition Plan. While speculation had been tossed around for some time, Adobe recently announced that all online Flash-based products will be completely removed from all browsers by Dec. 31, 2020. Flash, which began all… Learn More
Skill Boss Logistics Offers Training, Assessment for Supply Chain Workers
To read a multimedia version of ‘Skill Boss Logistics Offers Training, Assessment for the Supply Chain Workers’, please click here. As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, logistics keeps the world moving. From packages, to medical supplies, to food deliveries, logistics and supply chain helps ensure customers have their delivery needs met. In fact, today’s high-speed,… Learn More
Skill Boss Logistics: The Key Link in a Supply Chain of Skilled Workers
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) sweeps across the world and businesses implement Smart Factory technologies on a wider scale, industry-leaders in logistics and material handling like Amazon, Target, and UPS have increased the efficiency of package sortation and delivery by adopting these innovative IIoT technologies. However, as more companies adopt Smart Factory technologies,… Learn More
Skill Boss Training and Assessment Systems for Manufacturing & Logistics
To view “Skill Boss Training and Assessment Systems for Manufacturing & Logistics” as a Multimedia Presentation, please click here. Amatrol has taken technical training and assessment to unprecedented levels thanks to the development and expansion of the Skill Boss series of training & assessment systems. Amatrol first developed the one-of-a-kind training tool, Skill Boss, in… Learn More
Supply Chain 4.0: How to Attract and Develop Skilled Workers for the Digital Supply Chain
Click HERE to view Supply Chain 4.0: How to Attract and Develop Skilled Workers for the Digital Supply Chain as a multimedia presentation. The Fourth Industrial Revolution continues to transform the way industries across the board do business today. The technological advances that characterize Industry 4.0 are also reshaping the supply chain, creating a new “Supply… Learn More
Skill Boss Logistics: Supply Chain Automation Training & Assessment for Certification
Click HERE to view Skill Boss Logistics: Supply Chain Automation Training & Assessment for Certification as a multimedia presentation. Have you noticed how quickly new technologies are transforming the supply chain automation and material handling industries? If you’re responsible for hiring workers in these industries, then the answer is assuredly a resounding “Yes!” As each new piece… Learn More
Amatrol’s Industrial eLearning: The Perfect Choice for Large Companies
Click HERE to view Amatrol’s Industrial eLearning: The Perfect Choice for Large Companies as a multimedia presentation. Is your company the best in the world at something? If so, what is it? Could it be industrial eLearning? Of course not! Why not? Because industrial eLearning is what Amatrol is the best in the world at!… Learn More
Perkins V: What You Need to Know
Click HERE to view Perkins V: What You Need to Know as a multimedia presentation. On July 31, 2018, the president signed into law the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, more commonly known as Perkins V. The law provides approximately $1.3 billion each year to help schools grow and improve… Learn More
Switching to eLearning Due to COVID-19? Avoid These Myths About Online Industrial Training
To view ‘Switching to eLearning Due to COVID-19? Avoid These Myths About Online Industrial Training’ as a Multimedia presentation, please click here In its infancy stage, online industrial training was considered an oddity in education. However as years passed, web-based eLearning has become a common learning tool, as schools and training centers worldwide have embraced… Learn More
IGNITE: How To Spark Student Interest and Light the Fire that Leads to Career Success
Click HERE to view IGNITE: How To Spark Student Interest and Light the Fire that Leads to Career Success as a multimedia presentation. Amatrol is pleased to introduce educators to IGNITE: Mastering Manufacturing, a new program that equips high school students with the in-depth knowledge and hands-on skills they need to be successful in… Learn More
School Closings Due to COVID-19 Prevention? Amatrol’s Here to Help
As schools close across the country due to COVID-19 prevention, Amatrol understands that you need to keep your students engaged. We are committed to aiding schools trying to finish the semester online due to COVID-19. Amatrol’s eLearning Solution We understand that you need to rapidly deploy online courses to finish the semester and we’re here… Learn More
HVAC Worker Shortage: Understanding the Problem and Finding a Solution
To view ‘HVAC Worker Shortage: Understanding the Problem & Finding a Solution’ as a multimedia presentation, please click here. Look around and you’ll notice new construction everywhere. Whether they are residential or commercial, new buildings are popping up in communities all over the country. And what do 95-percent of the new homes and commercial buildings… Learn More
LIFT and Amatrol Announce National Rollout of IGNITE: Mastering Manufacturing Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum for High Schools
To learn more about the IGNITE: Mastering Manufacturing program, click here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2020 Contacts: Joe Steele LIFT 313-309-9132 jsteele@almmii.org Kent Powell Amatrol 800-264-8285 Kent_Powell@amatrol.com LIFT and Amatrol Announce National Rollout of IGNITE: Mastering Manufacturing Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum for High Schools Innovative curriculum engages students in new ways of learning and prepares… Learn More
Amatrol & MSSC Debut Skill Boss Logistics for new Logistics Certifications
Amatrol and the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) announce the debut of Skill Boss Logistics, a supply chain automation training and assessment device for use in conjunction with MSSC’s new Certified Technician in Supply Chain Automation (CTSCA) logistics certifications. It will enable both students and incumbent workers to gain the skills needed to meet the… Learn More
Career and Technical Education: A Parent’s Guide to CTE
Click HERE to view Career and Technical Education: A Parent’s Guide to CTE as a multimedia presentation. What is career and technical education (CTE)? Should my kids be taking CTE courses? What are the benefits of CTE? These are just a few of the common questions parents ask. Amatrol will provide answers and much-needed advice… Learn More
Short-Term Workforce Programs Fuel Community College Enrollment
With unemployment hovering at its lowest level in the last 50 years and advances in technology changing the industrial landscape at a rapid pace, industries across the board and around the world are having a difficult time finding and retaining the skilled workers they need. The disparity between the number of highly-skilled workers industry needs… Learn More
Your Next Career: Why Manufacturing Makes Sense
Click HERE to view this article as a multimedia presentation. “So what’s next?” That’s a question asked by millions of workers every year for many different reasons. Bored or frustrated with your current job? Find yourself in a failing industry with stagnant wages? If so, you may have realized that the career path you’re on isn’t… Learn More
Equipping a CTE Lab: How To Teach Process Control Skills
Click HERE to view this article as a multimedia presentation. Career and technical education (CTE) instructors and administrators across the country share a common goal: teaching students the skills they will need to be successful in the jobs of the future. Changes in technology are rapidly reshaping the landscape of the future workplace. That’s why it’s more… Learn More
2020 Vision: A Look Ahead at the Future of Manufacturing
Click HERE to view this article as a multimedia presentation. When asked what the future of manufacturing looks like in the next year, industry leaders reportedly exclaimed, “How in the world would we know? We don’t have 2020 vision!” OK, maybe no one said that, but wouldn’t it have been awesome if they did? Bad puns… Learn More
Giving Career Advice to Students: What Skills Will Students Need To Be Successful in the Jobs of the Future?
(Originally published December 2018. Updated with new information from Deloitte.) Click HERE to view this article as a multimedia presentation. It’s the perennial question all kids face as they progress through school: what do you want to be when you grow up? The question takes on greater significance as kids turn into young adults in… Learn More
CTE Partners: How Can Employers Help Educators Develop Relevant Career and Technical Education Programs?
Leaders of industries across the nation share a similar challenge today: finding skilled workers to fill the many open positions in advanced manufacturing facilities. In fact, many of them are asking the same question, “How can employers help educators develop relevant CTE programs?” Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs at both the high school and… Learn More
5 Signs It’s Time to Update Your CTE Program
To view a multimedia presentation of this article, please click here. Old equipment. Empty desks. Tuned-out students. These are the red flags that every teacher and professor around the world fears. These warnings signify the worst for Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses: little student interest and low enrollment numbers. When paired with aging equipment… Learn More