Offering a Lifetime of Transferable Skills in Metal Finishing
Offering a Lifetime of Transferable Skills in Metal Finishing
Gang of Rivals Come Together to Educate Next Generation
Northwest Business Region, CT – Metal finishing is one of Connecticut’s oldest manufacturing sectors. Seeing a need to create career paths for those interested in the industry, a group of day-to-day business competitors are pioneering a new program – METAL (Master Electroplating Through Applied Learning) which will launch in the Fall of 2023. This initiative, an outcome supported by the Northwest Manufacturing Regional Sector Partnership, is pioneered with the expertise of local metal finishers: Metal Finishing Technologies, UniMetal Surface Finishing, Summit Plating, American Electro Products, Waterbury Plating, and Pape Electroplating, and with support from chemical manufacturers: Hubbard-Hall and MacDermid.
“It was important for us to create this now. The market needs skilled workers and people are looking for ways to grow in their careers. The skills offered through this class are highly transferable and offer a career filled with technical growth in a fascinating highly stable industry that very few know about,” stated George A. LaCapra Jr., President, UniMetal Surface Finishing, LLC.
The curriculum of METAL will be practical and straightforward, offering real life hands-on applied learning. Those going through the program will learn theory (need, opportunity and finishings key role in the future), science (the fundamentals behind the art of transforming metals) and applied learning (skills for applying finishes and launching a career).
“If the participant has the right attitude and puts in the effort to combine the skills taught at METAL, they will be given the opportunity to grow their career,” stated Catherine Awwad, President & CEO, Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board. The workforce board is the primary convener of the manufacturing regional sector partnership and has played an essential part in connecting this group of manufacturers and providing a solution to address the workforce challenges in metal finishing.
METAL offers interested individuals a head start on growth in a career path ripe with opportunity. The metal finishing industry has always played an integral role within the supply chain for all industries. There’s great opportunity for the next generation of individuals who can learn through hands on experience, and hard work, to earn their way to important roles in Plating, Engineering, Chemistry, Quality, Maintenance, or production & sales. With the foundation METAL offers in Metal Finishing, you have the ability to make an impact on your career and the Metal Finishing Industry.
Connecticut manufacturing is relied on for some of the most impressive products in the world: aerospace, submarines, automobiles (EV included), electronics, medical equipment, hardware and even decorative finishes to everyday household items that provide corrosion protection. “When we set out to create METAL, one thing has always been clear, the next generation of workers needs to know – your success and career is important to us,” stated Pete Mirabello, Chairman, Metal Finishing Technologies LLC.
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Excerpt: Metal finishing is one of Connecticut’s oldest manufacturing sectors. Seeing a need to create career paths for those interested in the industry, a group of day-to-day business competitors are pioneering a new program – METAL (Master Electroplating Through Applied Learning) which will launch in the Fall of 2023.
Full Text: Gang of Rivals Come Together to Educate Next Generation
Northwest Business Region, CT – Metal finishing is one of Connecticut’s oldest manufacturing sectors. Seeing a need to create career paths for those interested in the industry, a group of day-to-day business competitors are pioneering a new program – METAL (Master Electroplating Through Applied Learning) which will launch in the Fall of 2023. This initiative, an outcome supported by the Northwest Manufacturing Regional Sector Partnership, is pioneered with the expertise of local metal finishers: Metal Finishing Technologies, UniMetal Surface Finishing, Summit Plating, American Electro Products, Waterbury Plating, and Pape Electroplating, and with support from chemical manufacturers: Hubbard-Hall and MacDermid.
“It was important for us to create this now. The market needs skilled workers and people are looking for ways to grow in their careers. The skills offered through this class are highly transferable and offer a career filled with technical growth in a fascinating highly stable industry that very few know about,” stated George A. LaCapra Jr., President, UniMetal Surface Finishing, LLC.
The curriculum of METAL will be practical and straightforward, offering real life hands-on applied learning. Those going through the program will learn theory (need, opportunity and finishings key role in the future), science (the fundamentals behind the art of transforming metals) and applied learning (skills for applying finishes and launching a career).
“If the participant has the right attitude and puts in the effort to combine the skills taught at METAL, they will be given the opportunity to grow their career,” stated Catherine Awwad, President & CEO, Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board. The workforce board is the primary convener of the manufacturing regional sector partnership and has played an essential part in connecting this group of manufacturers and providing a solution to address the workforce challenges in metal finishing.
METAL offers interested individuals a head start on growth in a career path ripe with opportunity. The metal finishing industry has always played an integral role within the supply chain for all industries. There’s great opportunity for the next generation of individuals who can learn through hands on experience, and hard work, to earn their way to important roles in Plating, Engineering, Chemistry, Quality, Maintenance, or production & sales. With the foundation METAL offers in Metal Finishing, you have the ability to make an impact on your career and the Metal Finishing Industry.
Connecticut manufacturing is relied on for some of the most impressive products in the world: aerospace, submarines, automobiles (EV included), electronics, medical equipment, hardware and even decorative finishes to everyday household items that provide corrosion protection. “When we set out to create METAL, one thing has always been clear, the next generation of workers needs to know – your success and career is important to us,” stated Pete Mirabello, Chairman, Metal Finishing Technologies LLC.
