Future Machinist Sponsorship Program

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is launching the Future Machinist Sponsorship Program.  Much like a scholarship, the program is designed so that companies will provide $1000 to incoming freshman for college expenses.  Where the program differs is that it not only helps students with expenses but it will assist companies in attracting skilled employees that are in big demand.

Because companies are experiencing an increased difficulty in recruiting skilled workers in the machining industry,  the Future Machinist Sponsorship Program was created to help bridge the gap between high school students and manufacturing companies.  The program will assist the college in its recruiting efforts while assisting participating companies by introducing them to motivated young-adults.

Students will apply for the sponsorships and will be interviewed by the relative company.  Once the selection process is over, companies will take steps to make the sponsored students feel as though they are part of that company.  Providing students with company work uniforms and including students in safety meetings and other company gatherings are just some of the options discussed by various participating companies. 

In a time when student loan debt and unemployment rates fill the airwaves and the front pages, the Future Machinist Sponsorship Program will be guaranteeing high paying jobs after just one year of college.  At under $15,000, two years at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is relatively inexpensive especially when you consider that the placement rate in the Machine Tool and C.A.M. program is consistently 100%. Now that the Machine Tool and C.A.M. program is striving to place incoming freshman before they even attend class, it becomes harder to ignore the opportunity that the machining trades offer.