NC Advanced Manufacturing Careers Awareness Week

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  We are a group of concerned educators, manufacturing companies, and community leaders working together to ensure a future pipeline of workers needed as the advanced-manufacturing industry continues to grow in North Carolina. We need to raise the awareness of advanced-manufacturing occupations especially for students who are in the process of choosing their future career.
  
• NC Advanced Manufacturing Careers Awareness Week - September 28 to October 2, 2020
  

  NC Advanced Manufacturing Careers Awareness Week - September 28 to October 2, 2020

  North Carolina is aligning its manufacturing awareness efforts with the national Manufacturing Day on October 2, 2020. Go to mfgday.com to see all of the events happening in your area on or around National Manufacturing Day.

  
  

  NC Advanced Manufacturing Careers Awareness Week will be the week of September 28 to October 2, 2020.
• Planning Meetings via Webinar
  

  Planning Meetings via Webinar

  Planning meetings are open to the public.
  

  • Find the planning meetings at this link listed as "Raising the Awareness of Career Pathways" URL

    We have combined many of our Career Awareness events under the one new umbrella called Raising the Awareness of Career Pathways.
    

• Event Calendar
  

  Event Calendar

  • View the Calendar of Events URL

    Schools and anyone wishing to attend an event should go here to see all of the events in North Carolina. Check back often, since events are still being added to the list. If you are close to the state border, on that same web page you can look at the events in other states as well.

    NOTE: Be sure to check each event's specific requirements for registration, age limitations, clothing (shoes), etc.
    

  • Add an Event to the Calendar URL

    Businesses, colleges, and anyone else who wishes to host an event during NC Advanced Manufacturing Careers Awareness Week should go here to register the event.
    

• Promotional Materials
  

  Promotional Materials

  • MFG DAY Promotional Resources URL

    All the information you need to promote your Advanced Manufacturing Careers event.
    

  • MFG DAY Resources URL
  • 7 Things Every Manufacturer Can Do to Make Their MFG Day Event a Success URL
  • The Essential Host Toolkit (pdf) URL
  • ApprenticeshipNC Contacts URL

    They can help you promote apprenticeships and help you attract manufacturing businesses to your event.
    

  • NC Industrial Extension Service contacts URL

    They can help you attract manufacturing businesses to your open house or other event.
    

• Partners and Other Links
  

  Partners and Other Links

  
  

  • NC Science Festival URL

    If your career awareness event is in the spring, consider partnering with the NC Science Festival. They can help promote your event.
    

  • Manufacturing USA URL

    Manufacturing USA is a nationwide network of 14 public-private institutes, each of which focuses on a specific field of manufacturing technology.
    

  • NC Manufacturing Career Information (LMI) URL

    Manufacturing Career Cluster with job projections and wages for North Carolina, and sorted by NC Prosperity Zones.
    

  • Manufactured in North Carolina URL

    Manufactured in North Carolina is a website where all manufacturers in North Carolina are listed.
    

  • Advanced Manufacturing Competency Model URL
• Participating Colleges
  

  Participating Colleges

  Contact information for participating Community Colleges

  • Participating Community Colleges Page
  • Colleges endorsed by the Manufacturing Institute URL
• Want A Spring Event?
  

  Want A Spring Event?

  We have always partnered with the NC Science Festival and have crossed our calendar of events with theirs to help spread the word about careers in manufacturing and STEM.  If you wish to have a spring event, like an open house, please consider aligning with the NC Science Festival, which is held in April.  They can help you to promote your event.

  
  

  NC Science Festival Website