159: How Career & Technical Education (CTE) is Impacting Smart Manufacturing with Kent Powell of Amatrol
Whether it’s on the job or in a traditional academic setting, education is essential to building a strong manufacturing function.
But this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour homes in on one specific aspect of learning – career and technical education (CTE) – and explores how it’s helping teams make better decisions and better products.
Amatrol’s career and technical training solutions are used in all 50 U.S. states and in 50+ countries, so we invited Kent Powell, their VP of Sales and Marketing, onto the show to let us in on some of their secrets.
Kent shares how Amatrol became a leader in their field, his thoughts and observations on smart manufacturing and why Louisville is a hub for education and employment.
Plus, he explains how Kentucky FAME program is helping students get into manufacturing roles in just two years, debt-free.
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