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This video, from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, features interviews with employees of Pequot Tool & Manufacturing Inc. in Minnesota, who hold a range of positions including quality support, engineering manager, and fabricator.  In the interviews, the employees...

This video, from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, features interviews with employees of Polaris in Minnesota, who hold a range of positions including laser programmer, production supervisor, warehouse supervisor, and senior product lead. During the interview,...

This video from Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence features interviews with Todd Baurnhardt, Pat Demars, and Matt Hilijus, who are all machinists at WSI Industries in Monticello, Minnesota. The employees discuss the benefits of pursuing careers in manufacturing, and the...

This presentation, provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) to members of its Convergence College Network (CCN) community of IT faculty at a summer 2022 in-person meeting, discusses eight career readiness competencies and how educators can integrate them into the classroom. The...

This module, made available by Skagit Valley College, is one of two that provide a detailed instructional information on materials recycling. The module consists of five lecture slides decks and some of the slides include lecture notes. Module 2 is available to view separately.  The first lecture,...

This module, made available by Skagit Valley College, is one of two that provide a detailed instructional information on materials recycling. The module consists of five lecture slides decks and some of the slides include lecture notes. Module 1 is available to view separately.  The first lecture,...

This webpage, from the American Composites Manufacturing Association, provides an overview of composites in manufacturing. A composite is defined as "a material made from two or more different materials with different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, are stronger than those...

Unit Description: FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in...

Unit Description: FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in...

Unit Description: FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in...