Sen. Brown Announces New Resources to Train 100 Workers for Advanced Manufacturing Jobs at Clermont Campus of University of Cincinnati
Appalachian Regional Commission Grant Will Help Fund Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Clermont
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Clermont Campus of the University of Cincinnati received new federal resources to train 100 workers for jobs in advanced manufacturing. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $250,000 grant for the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Clermont to lease, improve, and furnish additional space in a former automobile plant for labs and classrooms. The expansion would allow the Center for Advanced Manufacturing to train more unemployed or underemployed workers for jobs in high-tech manufacturing.
“Manufacturing is part of what has made Ohio great. We know how to make things in our state,” Brown said. “These federal resources will help ensure that Clermont County workers receive the training needed for the jobs of the 21st century while ensuring a productive use for a former automobile plant.”
According to the Appalachian Regional Commission, University of Cincinnati’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing will provide a 15-week customized certificate program which will be piloted in partnership with a local company that plans to hire these first graduates. The program will train pre-employment and incumbent workers in areas including blueprint reading, shop safety and quality, machine operations, and others. Local resources will also provide $254,400 in funding.
Brown is the author of the Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act, which would help unemployed workers train for high-tech jobs in their region. The SECTORS Act tailors workforce development to the needs of regional industry, allowing more workers to receive placements and attracting more businesses to a given region. The bill would organize stakeholders connected to a regional industry—businesses, unions, education and training providers, and local workforce and education system administrators—to develop plans for growing that industry. Brown’s SECTORS Act would help ensure that new jobs in Ohio’s expanding natural gas industry are filled by Ohioans. Brown’s bill would organize stakeholders connected to a regional industry—multiple firms, unions, education and training providers, and local workforce and education system administrators—to develop plans for growing that industry.
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