Thelisa is a managing machinist who heard about NCC through her employer. The dramatic and traumatic demise of Big Steel in Pittsburgh left some assuming that manufacturing was dead and the region’s future was dependent on high-tech jobs. That was only half-right.
New Century Careers on the South Side is a nonprofit that trains the next generation of manufacturing workers, whether they’re making steel or robots. And the training is free.
There are actually lots of jobs open in manufacturing right now, and there will be more as older generations retire. Catalyst Connection’s Manufacturing Employment Demand Study projects that 30,000 […]
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