APT Manufacturing Solutions is an automated equipment builder and precision machine shop equipped with over 30 manual and CNC machines, laser cutting and fabrication equipment, mechanical engineering with 3D solid modeling, and controls engineering with PLC and robot programming. At APT, education and training is weaved into the core of our every move. We recognized years ago that educating the next generation is vital to our success, and the success of manufacturing in America, we have made it one of our primary strategic objectives.

High School Training: Years ago, we founded a state-of-the art high school training center where we opened our doors to high school students from surrounding schools to learn the nuts and bolts of manufacturing. We lead them through coursework and hands-on learning designed to open their eyes to the opportunities they have in industry after school. Courses include:

“Our passion is to equip and teach the next generation of workforce to advance manufacturing, technology, innovation, and leadership.”

Apprenticeship Program: Students who graduate from these programs must enroll in apprenticeship program to continue employment, where they go through a two- or four-year program, fully paid, working during the day and continuing school at a community college at night. This has proven to be a phenomenal approach to education, developed over time based on need for workforce development. The key to this is the partnership that has come between industry and education. We believe this partnership is vital to changing industry and solving the workforce development problem as America moves forward.

“We don’t build education trainers…we build industrial equipment with industrial curriculum for the education market.”

It was through this partnership with education, as well as our relationship with FANUC Education, that we realized the gap in the market for trainers and curriculum. Colleges are using equipment to teach industrial systems that doesn’t match what a student will see upon graduation. Students aren’t able to get exposed to real-world industrial equipment in school, because it doesn’t exist. What does exist is watered-down trainers with and curriculum. America needs industry level curriculum, taught on industry level equipment, so that students are prepared for the workforce when they leave the classroom.

Our trainers were developed in partnership with FANUC America education, and are sold exclusively through the FANUC Education Reseller Network. They carry the industry training curriculum of key manufacturers like FANUC America, Rockwell Automation, and Miller Welding. These partnerships are critical to maintaining high-caliber trainers that model industry standards.