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MRO Survey: Finding and keeping the best technicians
Our annual maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) survey shows it’s become a little easier to do both, but challenges remain.

What’s your strategy to find/hire/train/retain techs?
It’s a battle out there, but new approaches are making progress to bring the best maintenance techs into the industry.

FANUC America and MSSC align around skills certifications
Partnership to comarket certifications addresses acute shortage of skilled industrial robotics and automation operators

New supply chain automation technician certification to boost e-commerce efficiency
Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) will publicly announce a new, industry-led, nationally portable "Certified Technician in Supply Chain Automation" (CT-SCA) hands-on training and certification program.

MSSC defines national standards for skills needed to empower manufacturing resurgence
Council advises upskilled workers will ensure the resurgence in manufacturing is faster and will boost labor productivity, economic growth, and global competitiveness.

MSSC partners with ProctorU to offer certification tests from home
Once tests have been uploaded to the ProctorU system and more proctors are trained, online testing will be available no later than May 15.

Reviewers needed for certified technician assessment test
Volunteers needed to help identify skills needed to install, operate and maintain automated equipment in the material handling and supply chain fields.

MSSC CEO awarded for game-changing in manufacturing and foreign policy
Top Cold War diplomat at the NATO Desk at the State Department turns industry certification leader for front-line production work.

National industry certifications are closing the skills gap
To reap the full benefits of certifications, industry and academia have to continue to enhance their support.

MSSC passes milestones in Manufacturing Month
MSSC has issued 100,000+ credentials to date to some 50,000 individuals.

Other Voices: Industry credentials and veterans a pathway to closing the skills gap
Veterans offer an untapped resource for materials handling positions, especially given the U.S. military is built on logistics.

Think differently about the talent shortage
Materials handling automation just may be a big part of the answer to the talent shortage.

Toyota executive Mary Batch recognized by the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council
Batch led STEM initiatives beginning at the middle school level in engineering, multi-skill maintenance and production.

Manufacturing Skill Standards Council issues 2015 Edition of National Standards
MSSC released today its national skill standards for front-line work in advanced manufacturing and logistics.

Manufacturing Skill Standards Council contributes to workforce skills certification goals
Manufacturing Institute on track to issue 500,000 industry certifications almost a year before its original goal.


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