Workforce Development Articles

National Apprenticeship Week was celebrated in early May, and Pennsylvania College of Technology offers ample opportunities for those interested in the “earn-while-you-learn” model.

Penn College Workforce Development is offering a short-term welding training program designed to rapidly prepare adults for entry-level welding employment across central Pennsylvania’s manufacturing, construction and fabrication sectors.

Social media influencer Steve Thorne recently spent a week at Pennsylvania College of Technology as a student of the Lycoming Engines Service School, offered through Penn College Workforce Development. While in Williamsport, the private pilot also visited the Lycoming Engines factory, interacted with aviation students and created content for his channels.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy A. Walker recently visited Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center to observe a $600,000 investment in action.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy A. Walker recently visited Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center to observe a $600,000 investment in action.

Nine students recently graduated from Penn College Workforce Development’s paramedic certificate program.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer a four-month Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship program through Allentown School District that will introduce students to the foundational concepts of advanced manufacturing.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy A. Walker toured Penn College’s new bus mechanic apprenticeship program at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Wednesday, and WNEP-TV’s Mackenzie Aucker was there to cover the official visit.

Penn College Workforce Development staff members recently assisted industry leaders – including two Penn College alumni – at a two-day class focusing on the essential elements of thermoforming. The course, which attracted 23 professionals from 13 companies, was held in conjunction with Kiefel Technologies Inc. and took place at the company’s Dover, New Hampshire, facility.

The Penn College Workforce Development polymers team recently attended the Da Vinci Science Center’s Manufacturing Career Connection Day in Allentown. More than 500 students attended from Lehigh Valley schools.