Getting back to manufacturing apprenticeships and proper workforce investment

What efforts are being made to reinvigorate apprenticeship opportunities in the manufacturing industry and the United States? One major manufacturer, Bühler Group, has been making strides to grow its welding apprenticeship program in North Carolina and Minnesota. Program director Michael Taylor joined The Fabricator Podcast to discuss what Bühler is doing make apprenticeships more appealing to start a career path in the trades, how they are taking the best practices from the Swiss company's European model, and its partnership with NCTAP (North Carolina Technology Apprenticeship Program). Jump to 14:00 for our conversation about manufacturing apprenticeships. At the top, the guys debate about barbeque and grilling. Email us at podcast@thefabricator.com with any comments, questions, or suggestions.

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The Fabricator Podcast brings you conversations with people who make things out of metal. We speak with manufacturing leaders, metal fabricators, welders, job shop owners, small business entrepreneurs, artists, marketers, educators, and more. Host Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief of The Fabricator, and a rotating co-hosts also go beyond discussing just manufacturing and the skilled trades, and chats about pop culture, current events, food, music, movies, comedy, and, of course, robots. Episodes drop on Tuesdays. The Fabricator Podcast is presented by the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association and part of the FMA Podcast Network.