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Current News Items
- Five Ways to Increase Student Enrollment in CTE Classes
- Amatrol Mechatronics Video
- Amatrol is 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 Indiana
- 4 Ways eAssessment Can Work for You
- Register Now for the National Career Development Summit
- Amatrol and MSSC Labor Day Gift to the Nation
2017 News Items
- 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
- Amatrol Tours leaving from SkillsUSA!
- Skill Boss Gains Positive Media Attention Ahead of Official Launch
- Visit Amatrol at ACTE CareerTech VISION 2017
- NIMS Endorses Amatrol's Multimedia Curricula for ITM Certification
- Join Amatrol at ATEA and PFMA in March 2016
- Join Amatrol at ATD in May 2016
- Area Manufacturers: Help NIMS Pilot the New Industrial Technology Maintenance Credential
- Amatrol and GE Appliances support new lab for Bullitt County students to address manufacturing workforce crisis
- Join Amatrol at SkillsUSA in June 2016
- 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
- Visit Amatrol at ACTE CareerTech VISION 2016
- Low Cost, High Skill Portable Simulators Can Help Ease Manufacturing Workforce Shortage
- Machine Troubleshooting - A Vital But Shrinking Industry Skill
- Die Casting Career Opportunities for MSSC CPT Certificate Recipients
- Amatrol Expands In Jeffersonville
- Visit Amatrol at ACTE’s CareerTech Vision 2015
- Amatrol Announces Tours for Manufacturing Day 2015 for a Look at Modern Manufacturing
- Join Amatrol at NCPN's Annual Conference in Dallas!
- Local Students Tour Amatrol for National Manufacturing Day
- Amatrol Learning Systems Showcased on PBS “News Hour”
- Thanks for Visiting Amatrol at ACTE
- Amatrol's eLearning now on Kindle Fire tablets!
- Amatrol eLearning and LMS now compatible on Windows tablets!
- President Obama Commends CCAC's Job-Driven Training
- Amatrol Selected for President's "E" Award for Export Excellence
- Join Amatrol for Manufacturing Day on October 3rd, 2014!
- Walla Walla Community College wins The Aspen Prize, cites Amatrol as "paramount equipment."
- Amatrol proudly introduces our new line of eBooks!
- Amatrol's New Portable Motor Control and Portable Motor AC Drive Learning Systems
What’s New
Amatrol and MSSC Labor Day Gift to the Nation
Facing ‘skills gap’ in manufacturing workforce nationwide, Amatrol and MSSC partner up to release ‘CPT+ Skill Boss’, a new hands-on training and certification program JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA – Thanks to a partnership between two industry leaders, who believe in a hands-on approach to tackling a nationwide ‘skills gap’, the manufacturing workforce may soon see a boom… Learn More
Register Now for the National Career Development Summit
The Coalition for Career Development (CCD) is holding a National Career Development Summit in Washington D.C. on September 12th, 2018. Amatrol is one of the founding sponsors of the CCD and Amatrol CEO Paul Perkins will lead a session at the summit, as will Governors, Congressional leaders, prominent CEOs, and educators. If you’d like to… Learn More
4 Ways eAssessment Can Work for You
Employee training is essential, but let’s face it, every minute that a current or new employee sits in training, the work that you’ve hired them to do piles up. The best way to minimize the pain is to eliminate unneeded training and one way to accomplish this is through eAssessments. Here are four ways eAssessment… Learn More
National Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program Certifies First Apprentices in Indiana
National Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program Certifies First Apprentices in Indiana Amatrol became the first company in Indiana to graduate workers from Industrial Manufacturing Technician apprenticeships. In fact, three Amatrol employees – Beverly Garvin, Alyssa Wheatley, and Jessica Schafer – completed the apprenticeship program in March 2018. Three additional Amatrol employees are currently enrolled in the program… Learn More
We Can Solve the Technical Skills Gap! by Paul Perkins
This article originally appeared in a newsletter for the National Governor’s Association. It is being reprinted here with their permission. Where Will Technically-Skilled Workers Be Found to Ensure A Bright Economic Future? Sometimes too much of a good thing can bring about its own demise, and it seems we face the specter of that outcome… Learn More
Amatrol Hosting Two Week Summer Robotics Engineering Camp
For the 14th year, Amatrol is hosting a two week summer robotics camp for students entering grades 9 or 10 for Fall 2018 at their Jeffersonville, Ind. headquarters. Interested students can attend half day session, either in the morning or the afternoon, and get hands on experience with robotics and engineering design. Students will also… Learn More
3 More Ways to Increase Student Enrollment in a CTE Program
Posted by Kenny Colston | May 9, 2018 |Amatrol, Inc. After getting feedback from our first list of tips to increase enrollment in your CTE class, we’ve decided to give three more tips to help instructors. Career and technical education thrives on innovation and that includes how to attract students to your program. Thanks to… Learn More
3 Ways to Determine a Community’s Technical Training Needs
Posted by Kenny Colston | March 27, 2018 |Amatrol, Inc. One of, if not the main purpose, of career and technical education is to help students find rewarding careers while helping fill unmet job needs in a community. As a CTE instructor, you’re the main drivers of bridging this gap. But how do you find… Learn More
Five Tips for Successful Technical Training Grant Proposals
In this article, an experienced grant writer shares five quick tips for improving your chance of funding a technical training program through grant funding. These grant writing tips are a great start to any grant proposal. Say you’re an ambitious educator, school administrator, or training director and industry leaders in your community are telling you,… Learn More
Case Study: Solving The Process Technologies Skills-Gap In Texas’s Upper Panhandle
PDF Version of Solving The Process Technologies Skills-Gap In Texas’s Upper Panhandle Companies in Texas’s upper panhandle are in dire need to fill a skills-gap and train employees in various disciplines, especially process technologies and instrumentation due to the strong presence of refineries. A local institution, Frank Phillips College of Borger, Texas, applied for and received… Learn More
Amatrol is ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Amatrol’s Quality Management System (QMS) is ISO 9001:2015 certified. ISO 9001:20015 is an internationally-recognized standard that sets specific requirements for a QMS in order to enable an organization to meet regulatory requirements, ensure high quality products and services, and facilitate customer satisfaction. ISO9001:2015 compliance confirms that Amatrol is continually organizing and improving QMS processes, as… Learn More
Amatrol Mechatronics Video
Amatrol’s Mechatronics Training Amatrol’s mechatronics learning system recreates an industrial environment to teach learners real-world tasks to develop job-ready skills. Fully supported by Amatrol’s self-paced, interactive multimedia curriculum, this mechatronics system incorporates mechanical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems all under PLC control to assemble an industrial pneumatic valve. No other mechatronics system boasts this… Learn More
Five Ways to Increase Student Enrollment in CTE Classes
Posted by Kenny Colston | March 27, 2018 |Amatrol, Inc. It’s amazing that you can create a class that teaches the skills desperately needed by Industry and then, to your dismay, you struggle to enroll students. Here are five ways that may help you fill those seats. 1 – Put the cool stuff in the… Learn More
Visit Amatrol at ACTE CareerTech VISION 2017
Join Amatrol at ACTE’s CareerVision in Nashville, TN on December 7th – 8th, 2017 and see Amatrol’s new Industry 4.0 training solutions in action! In addition to our new Industry 4.0 training solutions, Amatrol is exhibiting the Skill Boss – a skill assesmment system made in partnership with MSSC, our new Portable Hydraulics learning system,… Learn More