Is a career in manufacturing for you? More and more students are answering that question with a...
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, employers in every sector experienced a phenomenon that manufacturers had been dealing with for many years: a shortage of skilled workers. Most people vividly remember “CLOSED” signs adorning windows due to staffing shortages. While we’re a ways past the pandemic now, many businesses continue to experience skilled labor
FAIRVIEW, TN – He took the job in 2003 as a business education teacher. But Kevin Sizemore didn’t know he’d build a mechatronics program that offers students an associate’s degree along with their high school diploma. Sizemore, the mechatronics instructor at Fairview High School in Fairview, TN, said his goal as an instructor is to
Today’s career and technical education (CTE) instructors face a variety of challenges. For many new CTE instructors, it’s a matter of establishing a program and getting it off the ground. However, it can be just as difficult to revive and improve an established program that’s underperforming. That’s the situation Dean Lepkowski found when he took
There’s more than corn in Iowa. Baseball fans who cherish the 1989 classic Field of Dreams will remember a baseball diamond forged out of a corn field outside Dyersville, Iowa, that brought the ghosts of former baseball greats out to play ball. Today, just down the road from Dyersville, you’ll find an institution that
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Amatrol’s Newest Portable PLC Troubleshooting Trainer Features a Mitsubishi PLC & HMI
AI isn’t the Future. It’s Here. Are Your Students Ready for it?
Is it just us? Or did artificial intelligence (AI) just appear overnight out of nowhere? It see...
Digital Twins and VR Finding Their Niche in Manufacturing
What kind of dreams did you have when you were young? Did you think about the future and what k...
Robotics Continues to Drive Growth of Supply Chain Automation
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most people weren’t familiar with the term “supply chain,” and ...
Manufacturers Look to Technology and Training to Improve Quality
Whether it’s a new car or the latest smartphone, there’s nothing worse than saving up your hard...
AI Takes Industrial Maintenance from Reactive to Proactive
Nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century, it’s no longer breaking news that advance...
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Chardon’s CREW: Training the Next Generation of Ohio Workers
How do you effectively prepare high school students for the manufacturing jobs of today and tom...
5 Reasons Manufacturers Should Invest in Worker Training
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, employers in every sector experienced a phenomenon t...
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Instructor Profile: Kevin Sizemore
FAIRVIEW, TN – He took the job in 2003 as a business education teacher. But Kevin Sizemore didn...
Instructor Profile: Dean Lepkowski
Today’s career and technical education (CTE) instructors face a variety of challenges. For many...
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New Automation Technologies Target Intersection of Agriculture and Solar
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase “alternative energy”? For some, me...
Will Oil and Gas Workers Get Left Behind?
When you think of oil production, which countries come to mind? If you’re like many people, you...
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How to Set Up a Modern HVACR Training Program Part 5: How Do I Get Started Building a Modern HVACR Training Program?
*This article is part 5 of 5 In the previous articles in this series, we’ve focused on the crit...
A financial focus on Industry 4.0 leads to innovation, employment, and reinforces the US supply chain
Major federal legislation coupled with recent industrial trends point to the potential for a re...
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Are Home Heat Pumps the Future of HVACR?
Growing up in the hot and humid Midwest, I never thought of air conditioning as a luxury. Inste...
How to Set Up a Modern HVACR Training Program Part 5: How Do I Get Started Building a Modern HVACR Training Program?
*This article is part 5 of 5 In the previous articles in this series, we’ve focused on the crit...
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Major CTE Investment Needed to Create New Career Pathways
Have you sensed the transition that appears to be taking place across the country regarding how...
Skilled Tradespeople Report High Job Satisfaction
What do you want to be when you grow up? Do you remember being asked that question as a child? ...
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Amatrol President Paul Perkins Named to the Prestigious “Indiana 250”
Amatrol is pleased to announce that its president, Paul Perkins, has been named to IBJ Media’s ...
Amatrol Launches Technical Instructor Performance Essentials
The bell rings and you look up from your notes at a sea of curious, eager faces. Ready or not, ...
Hawkeye Community College Now An Amatrol Regional Training Center
Amatrol Technology Transfer Institute continues to expand across the United States in 2023 Jeff...
Ogeechee Tech Now An Amatrol Regional Training Center
Amatrol Technology Transfer Institute continues to expand across the United States in 2023 Jeff...
College of Lake County Now An Amatrol Regional Training Center
Amatrol Technology Transfer Institute continues to expand across the United States in 2023 Jeff...
AmSkills Now An Amatrol Regional Training Center
Amatrol Technology Transfer Institute expands across the United States in 2023 Jeffersonville, ...
