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This web page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) includes interviews with individuals working in manufacturing in the state of Florida. The companies they work for, their job specifics and the schooling and skills required for their careers are...

This web page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides salary information for several different technical careers. Entry level, mid-level and advanced salary levels are included for jobs such as manufacturing production technicians, industrial...

This webpage from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides information about the Lego Mindstorms Robotics summer camp for middle and high school students. A short video clip provides information on the focus of the camp (running time: 1:53).

This webpage from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) features two videos which will help students understand the manufacturing of products domestically. Specifically, the videos focus on products made in the state of Florida. More than 16,000 companies and...

This web page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) features several virtual tours of manufacturing facilities located in the state of Florida. Combs Welding Design, Southern Powder Coat, EMI Industries, Teltronics, Vulcan Machine and several other...

These slides, provided by Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), were presented at the AMTEC Academy - Maintenance: What Does this Mean to the Maintenance Technician conference held March 22-23, 2012. This presentation from Dr. Jun Ni of the University of Michigan...

This activity for middle school students, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, challenges students to produce their own photo frame in the name of demonstrating the basic processes involved in manufacturing systems. Over the period of two classes, students will...

This video, presented by Make Magazine, shows a cheap and easy way to make 3D plastic forms like Storm trooper costumes and more. The cost for these 3D plastic forms is about twenty dollars. This video runs 5:36 minutes in length. 

This 20-page paper is intended to guide the design and implementation of effective models of work-based learning that expand access for the many people who do not currently benefit from these opportunities. The paper introduces seven principles for effective work-based learning that Jobs For the...

This video is part of a series of mold making training modules by Lewis-Clark State College. This series of modules covers how to make simple molds using SolidWorks CAD software and how to modify the molds to improve performance. This video covers lofting sections, a technique that will be applied...