Building the Manufacturing Workforce For Businesses and Residents to Thrive
The NJ Pathways’ New Jersey Manufacturing Skills Initiative was created to establish a comprehensively structured approach to manufacturing workforce development that responds to the complexities of New Jersey’s manufacturers and at the same time provides education, training, and career opportunities that benefit all New Jersey residents.
The NJ Pathways’ New Jersey Manufacturing Skills Initiative is funded through the NJ Pathways to Career Opportunities initiative, an unprecedented statewide partnership led by New Jersey’s Community Colleges and the New Jersey Business & Industry Association. NJ Pathways aligns education and workforce training with the evolving needs of New Jersey’s economy, expanding opportunity for students, adult learners, and workers across the state.
This initiative will connect, enhance, and create more pathways with a focus on equity to afford individuals the opportunity to ear industry credentials of value (including apprenticeships), prepare for entry-level jobs, and achieve career advancement.
This initiative is based on the strategic network of New Jersey’s Community Colleges, as well as other education and workforce development partners that connect to ensure New Jersey residents earn stackable, portable, industry valued credentials and degrees so that they may have economic mobility and opportunities.
The NJ Pathways’ NJ Manufacturing Skills Initiative delivers education and training to meet the needs of employers while serving as a statewide repository and ambassador for all manufacturing related education and workforce training activities including:
The manufacturing industry and employer partners may engage in this initiative by joining NJ’s Community Colleges to influence manufacturing education and workforce training in the state and hire newly trained, high skilled initiative participants in these ways.
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Attend Community College Information sessions for students, adult learners, job seekers, and incumbent workers.
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Serve as guest speaker at the Community College information sessions to inspire students, adult learners, job seekers, and incumbent workers about the manufacturing industry.
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Pre-screen initiative 03 candidates to determine interest in hiring after the completion of education and workforce training courses.
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Host tours of manufacturing facilitates for participants of the initiative who are completing their education and workforce training.
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Interview and hire
successful completers of the initiative’s education and workforce training courses.
The Manufacturing Skills Ecosystem will consist of industry and education partners working together in a collaborative way to determine the industry-valued skills, credentials, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, degrees, and other education and workforce training programs needed to build an innovative manufacturing workforce to meet the needs of manufacturing employers and to promote the economic mobility of NJ residents.
Take advantage of this statewide Manufacturing Skills Initiative to learn about the state’s education and workforce training resources, add your training to the inventory, or get free training!
