Gateway’s manufacturing pipeline initiatives judged best in nation

The Workforce Solutions Division of Gateway Community & Technical College has won a national award from the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) for efforts to recruit and prepare workers for manufacturing jobs. Gateway received the NCWE 2012 Exemplary Program Award for a Credit Workforce Development Program for its Manufacturing Pipeline Initiatives program, which offers academic credit for skill upgrade training. The program uses customized technical and performance skill training, apprenticeship programs, academic advisors at company sites, and career mapping sessions for incumbent workers to expand the pipeline of qualified workers for regional manufacturers. Gateway has also created several new manufacturing certificates. Read the full story here.