When high school teacher Thomas Backes passed out Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (ICATT) apprenticeship applications to his students at Cudahy High School in Cudahy, Wisc., he encouraged his students to really consider the career opportunity before them.
Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (ICATT) continues its expansion by expanding its footprint into Nebraska and welcoming CLAAS North America and Graepel North America as the two newest ICATT Network Companies.
Companies that specialize in manufacturing or complex technologies face an ongoing challenge: helping new employees overcome a steep learning curve and become proficient in their jobs. And while high-tech companies…
Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (ICATT), the leading apprenticeship program in the Midwest for high-tech manufacturers and companies with complex technologies or logistics, expands their apprenticeship program with the addition of the International Logistics & Freight Forwarding apprenticeship.
As part of The Big Pond podcast series, Rhoda Metcalf discusses the labor challenges U.S.-based manufacturers are facing and speaks with executives and apprentices from Diemasters Manufacturing, WITTENSTEIN, BBS Automation,…
U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell will tour two local member companies of the Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (ICATT) in Bartlett, Ill. on Wednesday, December 12. The ICATT…
High-tech manufacturing companies are grappling with a vast talent shortage that is threatening the future of the industry. With a projected skills shortage growing to 2 million unfilled positions by…
It’s not hard to sing the praises of the ICATT Apprenticeship Program. Just ask Darragh Staunton, President of BBS Automation Chicago, an ICATT Network Company. Staunton often answers questions from…
For Thomas Hein and Alexis Ojeda, the ICATT Apprenticeship Program has opened doors to life-changing opportunities. Hein is a current ICATT apprentice and Ojeda just graduated; both are learning valuable…
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments, a leading manufacturer of technologies for endoscopic diagnosis and therapy, has a long history of training apprentices at their parent company in Germany. It was a…