Manufacturing Skill Standards Council: Certifying the Industrial Athlete of the Future

These slides, provided by Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), were presented at the Manufacturing Pathways in Action Workshop held on March 17 and 18, 2015. This workshop demonstrated "a college's implementation of various award winning pathway models (Alamo Area Academics, Toyota-AMT, STC-NIMS) and national manufacturing certifications within those pathways which are complementary to the AMTEC Mechatronics Certification."  

These presentation slides provide information about the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC). MSSC is an industry-led, standards-based training, assessment, and certification system. The slides include an overview of the program and cover how the system works. Slide topics include the following: About MSSC, National Leader for Front-line Worker Certification, M&L: Large Eligible Population, What are CPT and CLT, System Components, Certification, Qualifications, Benefits to Industry, Benefits to Students and Workers, Benefits to Educators, CPT System, Getting Started Guide, Step 1: Become Assessment Center, Step 2: Instructor Training, and more.