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MACNY wins $6 million federal grant for advanced-manufacturing apprenticeships

The federal government has awarded DeWitt–based MACNY, the Manufacturers Association, a $6 million grant to expand registered apprenticeships for advanced-manufacturing jobs, including those in the semiconductor industry. The program will help train workers for positions at companies that include Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), which will build a semiconductor-manufacturing campus at the White Pine Commerce Park in the town of Clay. (Photo credit: zoeyadvertising.com)

DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, the Manufacturers Association will use a $6 million federal grant to expand registered apprenticeships for advanced-manufacturing jobs, including those in the semiconductor industry.

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the funding, the office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) announced.

The new program is expected to help more than 800 workers get the training they need to begin careers at companies that include Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), Wolfspeed, Indium, and other regional manufacturers, Schumer’s office said.

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“The New York Registered Apprenticeship Hub – Registered Apprenticeship Manufacturing Partnerships (NY-RAMP) will allow manufacturers from across the state to provide career pathways in high-need areas to individuals from all backgrounds,” Randy Wolken, president and CEO of MACNY, said in Schumer’s announcement. “This will foster growth across all manufacturing sectors — new companies relocating to New York in emerging fields like semiconductor and nanotechnology, biotechnology, and clean energy and legacy manufacturers who have been the backbone our economy for generations. This effort is only possible because of the strength of federal and state officials, our Manufacturing Alliance of New York partners, and the nearly 100 industrial, academic, and community partners who support this program. We especially want to recognize the continued advocacy of Senator Schumer to strengthen American manufacturing and the workforce needed to meet New York’s manufacturing moment.”

Schumer explained that with this funding, DeWitt–based MACNY plans to expand its programs in a new effort called the New York Registered Apprenticeship Manufacturing Partnerships (NY-RAMP) program.

Building on MACNY’s Manufacturers Intermediary Apprenticeship Program (MIAP), NY-RAMP will expand MIAP efforts to “promote equitable access” to registered apprenticeship programs for all individuals, “regardless of their work experience or academic qualifications,” Schumer’s office said.

 

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