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Rockwell Automation, in partnership with ManpowerGroup, has created The Academy of Advanced Manufacturing, in which we train ... military veterans for careers in high-demand technical roles. Expanding on Rockwell Automation’s highly successful Engineer in Training (EIT) program, the Academy of Advanced Manufacturing is a 12-week intensive program, designed specifically for veterans, with a curriculum that combines technical classroom training and hands-on lab experience with professional development training. Classes are conducted in our state-of-the-art facilities in Milwaukee, WI and Cleveland, OH, and veterans enrolled in The Academy incur no cost to participate – in fact, we provide full room and board and a modest salary throughout the students' time in the program. Veterans completing the program are certified by Rockwell Automation as Instrumentation Automation and Controls Technicians and are placed – through a formal interview process - with employers who have critical advanced manufacturing roles to fill. These employers have pressing needs to augment their workforce with technically trained staff. The program provides them with job-ready talent and eliminates the significant time and costs they would typically incur to recruit, assess, and train those new hires. The U.S. manufacturing sector is predicted to produce nearly 3.5 million jobs over the next decade. But with more than 20% of manufacturing workers set to retire by 2025, and new technology driving evolving skills requirements, more than 2 million of those jobs could go unfilled. Heading off this crisis demands creative solutions for closing the skills gap and investing in a workforce able to meet the increasing demands of advanced manufacturing. By the end of 2018, more than 100 veterans will have graduated from The Academy; by 2020, our goal is to scale that number to 1000 veterans per year. If you are interested in learning more or to apply please contact us at veterans@manpowergroup.com read more