The Advanced Manufacturing Career Collaborative (AMC2) was established because of a shared sense of urgency concerning Southwestern PA's ability to provide a technically trained workforce in the numbers needed by the region's manufacturing sector.

"The central message of the collaborative is that there are defined manufacturing career pathways that can lead to rewarding careers."

AMC² Logo
The AMC² logo was designed by  Phillip Lang, a senior at the Lenape Area Vocational Technical School and the winner of the AMC² logo competition.

Students from Career ad Technology Centers were asked to design a logo that would convey the concept of modern, high tech, advanced manufacturing.  Thanks to Phillip for a great job!

The goals of the collaborative are:

• Help the region develop a technically competent manufacturing workforce
• Develop a connected network of advanced manufacturing education and training opportunities
• Develop seamless education pathways that avoid duplication, save time and money, and allow students and incumbent employees to advance from one educational level to the next and to work
• Develop a strategy to raise awareness, particularly in economically distressed areas, of manufacturing opportunities and the education and skills needed to help meet the workforce development needs of a nine county region in southwestern PA.
• Publicize the existing manufacturing career pathways that can lead to rewarding careers for students and incumbent employees.

AMC² Partner Organizations
The collaborative consists of a broad scope of organizations that highlight the importance of manufacturing and the need for manufacturing-related education and careers in southwestern PA. Its members represent:

• Local area School Districts
• Career and Technology Centers
• Community Colleges
• Proprietary Post-secondary Institutions
• The PA State College/University system
• Private Colleges
• Organizations promoting manufacturing career awareness
• Workforce development organizations
• Professional societies
• Local Industry.

Through open communication and networking, the collaborative creates a regional effort to improve manufacturing education and training that can increase the impact of the individual initiatives across the nine-county region.

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