Manufacturing Earn-and-Learn Opportunities

​Now more than ever, the manufacturing industry must come together to identify regional competitiveness issues and advocate as the collective voice for manufacturing. Our sector partnership’s earn-and-learn projects are vital to our region’s economic development, and provide a tried and true approach for a highly skilled workforce that continues to innovate and adapt to meet the rapidly changing needs of the 21st century.

Through the Northwest Ohio Manufacturing Alliance (NOMA), local manufacturers are working together to create industry-led solutions in conjunction with education, workforce and economic development partners. NOMA is laser-focused on the workforce needs of our area’s manufacturers. We are part of Ohio’s statewide network of regional sector partnerships that enable companies to tackle common workforce challenges.
 
Our Earn-and-Learn initiative’s keys to success include:

• Collaboration.

We share resources and align efforts among manufacturers, our training and education partners, and the public workforce system to achieve workforce goals.

• Innovation.

We develop and implement new workforce strategies, such as groundbreaking earn-and-learn models that offer more flexibility than traditional apprenticeships.

• Education.

We raise awareness of the opportunities in today’s manufacturing to attract future employees.
“Working with NOMA to boost our existing apprenticeship program is helping us to build a more robust talent pipeline and will provide our trainees an opportunity to advance through a program that brings participants to an in-demand career pathway.” - Niki Mosier, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Vice President-Human Capital, Spangler Candy Company
 
Join the conversation today to:

• Build the talent pipeline that will fuel economic growth
• Create a single powerful voice to advocate for local manufacturers
• Work with education and training providers to develop programs that meet our common needs
• Reduce recruitment and training costs
• Participate in an ongoing forum for strategic discussion
• Connect with funding opportunities for workforce development and training
• Improve perceptions about careers in manufacturing
• Become part of the skills gap solution