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Follow on Google News | Yaskawa Motoman and RAMTEC Announce the Ohio Manufacturing Workforce PartnershipYaskawa Motoman and RAMTEC announce the formation of the Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Partnership.
By: Yaskawa Motoman Yaskawa Motoman is a leading robotics company that is dedicated to collaborating closely with educators and industry professionals across the Americas to help build a relevant workforce training environment through educational tools and STEM curriculum. RAMTEC (Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative) "Data reveals that within ten years nearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs will sit empty, with the skills gap being responsible for 2 million of those jobs going unfilled," said Ritch Ramey, RAMTEC Coordinator and Engineering Instructor. "Forming mutually-beneficial relationships with manufacturers through the Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Partnership will create the foundation needed to move Ohio's workforce forward." Their core mission to partner with real-world manufacturing facilities to help identify and supply the needs of the manufacturing industry, is fueling RAMTEC's involvement in the partnership. The entire project development funding is earmarked for $400,000 to provide a comprehensive training and application development model that will reach thousands of incumbent workers and students statewide. "Our workforce-driven training and research partnership with RAMTEC is a solid step to providing students with work-based learning opportunities in the field of robotics," said Doug Burnside, Yaskawa Motoman's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "The best-in-class instruction and certification programs provided through our Yaskawa Academy will also help to enhance RAMTEC's vision of providing proficient training and curriculum in 21st century automation and robotics." Highlights of the partnership will include the creation of in-lab and classroom instructional strategies, the development of advanced industry-recognized robotic certifications, the utilization of augmented and virtual reality (VR) technologies to develop a new class of training tools and curriculum, and the incorporation of industry-utilized robotic equipment aligned to the industrial manufacturing base. The on-going identification and creation of new training models to support the robotics manufacturing pipeline will also continue. About Yaskawa Motoman Founded in 1989, the Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. is a leading robotics company in the Americas. With over 400,000 Motoman® robots installed globally, Yaskawa provides automation products and solutions for virtually every industry and robotic application; About RAMTEC RAMTEC is the first training facility of its kind in the state of Ohio. Through the collaboration of Tri-Rivers Career Center, Marion Technical College and The Ohio State University at Marion, RAMTEC offers a comprehensive solution for filling the skills gap by partnering directly with business and industry to provide industrial robotics and advanced manufacturing education, and industrial certifications throughout Central Ohio and beyond. End
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