PA. BENEFITING FROM MANUFACTURING APPRENTICESHIPS

Pennsylvania is continuing to bulk up its manufacturing industry. State officials say more than 30-million dollars in increased funding has been directed for training and education programs in recent months. The funds will provide learning for the next three years for manufacturing technical courses, computer-numerical control and robotics programs. More than a half-million residents earn their living at manufacturing jobs at more than 14-thousand companies. The industry is the sixth-largest in the nation by employment.