The competency model framework for Advanced Manufacturing was developed through a collaborative effort involving the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and leading industry organizations.
To ensure that the model reflects the knowledge and skills needed by today's manufacturing workforce ETA worked with its industry partners to refresh the model last updated in 2010. Completed in January 2020, the updated model represents a unification of competencies across a wider range of industries related to Advanced Manufacturing. The new model improves skills transparency for a deeper workforce pipeline and allows job seekers, training providers and employers to have greater alignment and efficiency in recruiting, training, retaining and upskilling talent in US-based Advanced Manufacturing. For the first time the rapidly growing electronics/semiconductor manufacturing industry is also represented in this model. For more information, download the Summary of Changes.