Cummins to announce new vocational training program
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Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) will Monday mark the opening of the powertrain maker’s first Technical Education for Communities location in Indiana. The global program, which will be located at Arsenal Technical High School on the near eastside of Indianapolis, targets technical skills gaps through local vocational educational training.
The new TEC program is one of only five in the U.S. and two-dozen worldwide.
“We were seeing huge skills gaps in our community,” said Mary Chandler, vice president of community relations and corporate responsibility for Cummins. “At the same time, employers had open positions for good paying jobs that required technical skill sets. So the impetus for Commons Tech was to fill that skills gap, and especially provide opportunity for less advantaged young people.”
The Indianapolis program will focus on providing training for future diesel engine service technicians.
Cummins says the international program disadvantaged youth around the world secure good jobs through school-based, industry-supported skills training.
Cummins is partnering locally with Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN) and IndyGo, Indy’s public transit operator.
Inside INdiana Business will take a closer look at the vocational program in Monday afternoon’s INside Edge e-newsletter.