Core Skills for Machine Shops

Understanding and implementing a program for training, assessment and certification that will identify and promote effective and reliable operators Neil Reddy, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council, details an industry-defined system that focuses on the core skills and knowledge needed by the nation’s front-line production and material handling workers, one that offers both entry-level and incumbent workers the opportunity to demonstrate that they have acquired the skills increasingly needed in the technology intensive jobs of the 21st century.