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The Digital Foundry at New Kensington outside of Pittsburgh represents a microcosm of what the manufacturing sector faces in reaching previously untapped populations needed to help close a projected gap of up to 3.8 million net new jobs by 2033. That is part of why CESMII built its innovation center, and ARM Institute provides funding for robotics-focused activities at the Digital Foundry. It is in a visible location with a 20% poverty rate so that people in the community would be curious about what was going on inside and want to learn more. The Digital Foundry demonstrates new technology to local manufacturers and offers training to current workforce and potential hires. Fulfilling the demand for manufacturing jobs in the Pittsburgh region will require removing barriers that traditionally deter underserved populations from participating in the manufacturing workforce, such as access to childcare, transportation, food insecurity, and job readiness skills. As it recruits participants for its workforce training, the Digital Foundry also works with local non-profit social service agencies to address these issues. Find out how other Manufacturing USA institutes are trying to fill the manufacturing talent pipeline through underserved populations. For example: ●     CESMII also has partnered with The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to offer a Smart Manufacturing Certification in order to reach the local Hispanic population and grow the local smart manufacturing talent pool. ●     PowerAmerica is helping provide solar and renewable energy workforce and professional training opportunities nationwide to underserved populations. They have trained students from 16 Native American Tribes and 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). ●     AIM Photonics has an internship program where it partners with HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions to bring students to the institute’s Albany NanoTech Complex for 12 weeks. ●     CyManII | Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, has a Mobile Training Vehicle (MTV) that goes to local San Antonio high schools to work with primarily Hispanic students on cybersecurity training and e-sports competitions. ●     LIFT, the institute dedicated to advanced materials, has a state-of-the-art 6,500-square foot immersive Learning Lab at its headquarters near downtown Detroit that prepares many African-American students for the most in-demand manufacturing careers. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dBWrnyQF #AdvancedManufacturing #MFGUSA #Workforce

Building an Inclusive Manufacturing Talent Pipeline

Building an Inclusive Manufacturing Talent Pipeline

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