Stratasys Rolls out Industry Certification Program in North America, Designed to Bridge the Additive Manufacturing Skills Gap
19 April 2018 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Built alongside respected educational
institutions, initiative sets new standards for excellence and
consistency across additive manufacturing training and
education
Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a global leader in applied
additive technology solutions, today rolled out a new industry
certification program in North America – designed to more
effectively bridge the skills gap it observes in the additive
manufacturing industry. Engineered in conjunction with a consortium
of top colleges and universities, the program aims to enable
students to secure accelerated additive manufacturing credentials
to improve employability and workforce readiness.
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Stratasys Additive
Manufacturing-certified Jazmine Darden from Dunwoody College of
Technology reviews the Fabrication Considerations module – and
prepares on GrabCAD Print for the Stratasys F370 3D Printer (Photo:
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According to industry data, demand for certified additive
manufacturing workers to fill industry vacancies will reach about
21 billion by end of this decade. Unfortunately, many candidates
are unable to prove job-relevant skills leveraging consistent,
industry-accepted benchmarks. The new Stratasys Additive
Manufacturing Certification Program provides companies in
manufacturing, design and medical industries with measurable
qualifications to prove applicants are workforce-ready and
immediately contribute to business success.
The program was developed alongside a consortium of leaders
across education – including The Wentworth Institute of Technology,
Dunwoody College of Technology, Iowa State University, UC Irvine
and Milwaukee School of Engineering. In addition to addressing
evolving requirements for skilled additive manufacturing workers,
the education modules provide consistency of workforce readiness
with an approved range of skill requirements.
“While demand for workers with additive manufacturing expertise
continues to rise, there’s really no across-the-board standard to
judge credentials. We’ve observed employers cannot always align
job-specific readiness with additive manufacturing skills,
therefore many workers fail to live up to expectations,” said Gina
Scala, Director of Marketing, Global Education at Stratasys.
“Backed by nearly 30 years in the industry and developed in
conjunction with some of the most respected additive manufacturing
educators– we believe our certification program is just what the
industry needs to align the skills employers require and workers
deliver.”
Educational institutions enrolled in the certification program
have access to 40 contact hours of exam preparation content
organized via module and accessible directly via Stratasys. Other
resources for participating institutions include hands-on projects
and labs, GrabCAD and InsightCAM software, module exams, instructor
notes, and presentations. Enrolled students can tap into key
technical resources guides, industry use cases, and software and
preparation notes.
According to The Danfoss Group, a global producer of products
and services used in cooling, air conditioning and heating –
successful job applicants have proven, hands-on experience: “Here
at Danfoss, we are implementing additive manufacturing using a
variety of technologies in a wide variety of applications. We are
looking for candidates who have a passion for AM as well as general
understanding of all the technologies in additive manufacturing
today,” said Kevin Ayers, Additive Design and Manufacturing
Specialist at Danfoss. “It’s very important to recruit talent that
have actual hands-on experience in running a 3D printer and
processing parts.”
For more information – or to get involved in the new Stratasys
Additive Manufacturing Certification Program – visit
http://www.stratasys.com/education/edu-certification or contact
edu.curriculum@stratasys.com.
Stratasys is a global leader in applied additive
technology solutions for industries including Aerospace,
Automotive, Healthcare, Consumer Products and Education. For nearly
30 years, a deep and ongoing focus on customers’ business
requirements has fueled purposeful innovations — 1,200 granted and
pending additive technology patents to date — that create new value
across product lifecycle processes, from design prototypes to
manufacturing tools and final production parts. The Stratasys 3D
printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise — advanced materials;
software with voxel level control; precise, repeatable and reliable
FDM and PolyJet 3D printers; application-based expert services;
on-demand parts and industry-defining partnerships — works to
ensure seamless integration into each customer’s evolving
workflow. Fulfilling the real-world potential of additive,
Stratasys delivers breakthrough industry-specific applications that
accelerate business processes, optimize value chains and drive
business performance improvements for thousands of future-ready
leaders. Corporate headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota and
Rehovot, Israel. Online at: www.stratasys.com,
http://blog.stratasys.com and LinkedIn.
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