Precision Metalforming foundation awards $44,500 in training grants
By Staff -- Plant Engineering, 1/1/2006
The Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation, an organization established to support and develop training and education for metalforming skills and to improve the awareness of careers in metalforming, awarded a total of $44,500 in grants to three programs created to enhance the U.S. metalforming workforce: HIRED/Hennepin Technical College, WIRE-NET and BattleBots IQ.
PMAEF awarded $24,500 to the HIRED program at Hennepin Technical College in Minneapolis, MN to support the development of a course on occupational English for metalforming. The project will feature the implementation of a 72-hour instruction course for English language learners in the Metalforming Level One program at Hennepin Technical College.
PMAEF awarded $10,000 to WIRE-NET's School-to-Career program, which will be conducted in collaboration with Max Hayes High School, a vocational high school in the Cleveland, OH Public School District. This initiative provides opportunities for career path discovery in manufacturing and technology for high school students.
PMAEF also awarded $10,000 to the BattleBots IQ program, a nationwide initiative that introduces students to the metalforming industry through the innovation and engineering of robotics. A BattleBots IQ competition serves as the culmination of the robotics curriculum.
PMAEF's remaining grant budget for this grant cycle is $95,500 and the deadline to submit applications is March 1, 2006. PMAEF accepts requests for funding from organizations and initiatives whose programs and services promote, enhance and/or support the development of a metalforming workforce in the United States. Interested parties can download an application at www.pmaef.org.
