A U.S. Air National Guard veteran, a high school dropout, a person with a background in sales and a family man who hadn’t been in a classroom for twenty years; four men on very different paths that ultimately led to one destination…the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s (MassMEP) Accelerated CNC Program.
Manufacturers across the state express their need for technically trained workers and their concern over the shortage of such workers in the “pipeline.” As “baby boomers” reach retirement age the number of trained CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine operators is declining rapidly.
