Secure Your Future, Enjoy The Benefits
We connect skilled students with leading manufacturers in our community. With every internship, apprenticeship, and hire, we build our local workforce and provide our students with the opportunity of a lifetime.
Education
Many of our AWMA members offer area students tuition assistance, technical knowledge, and other types of paid training to help these individuals thrive and grow along their career paths.
Professional Experience
Gain advanced experience in engineering and mechanical trades, learn the latest technological developments, and get hands-on training from established manufacturers.
Competitive Pay
Students can earn an income while they learn, enter the workforce with no debt, gain the needed experience, get their first skilled-trade job and receive high-paying wages.
Be Great
"The apprenticeship training consists of 5 years of on the job training. Spending one year in every department, starting with CNC Set-up, then moving to Benching and Rigging, back to CNC Set-up, in the CAD room programming machines on CAM software, and then finishing it out doing CAD work."
- Kyle Rittmeyer, Norwell High School Graduate '17
Kyle gained 5 years of experience at Hoosier Pattern, took free classes through Ivy Tech, accumulated zero debt, earned up to $30.02/hr, and now has an official career as a pattern-maker, all before the age of 22.
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Hoosier Pattern Inc
Known for its reputation for quality workmanship and commitment to on-time delivery, Hoosier Pattern, Inc. has been delivering a pattern of excellence since 1997. Hoosier Pattern specializes in additive and subtractive manufacturing and provides 3D sand printing solutions and foundry tooling solutions to meet various needs. Hoosier Pattern remains an industry leader by setting the bar high to exceed its customers’ expectations.
Stay In The Know
Learn about AWMA and how we benefit and enhance our students’ lives. Check out our informative articles loaded with the latest success stories, announcements, industry news, and more!
Feb 22, 06:02am
AWMA Receives Grant to Raise Awareness and Opportunities
In a bid to bridge the gap between education and industry, the Adams Wells Manufacturing Alliance (AWMA) has recently been awarded a generou... Read More
Mar 14, 02:25am
Red Gold continues to set the highest standards in the tomato canning industry
On a sunny brisk February morning, the AWMA members eagerly awaited at the Red Gold entrance, looking forward to their tour located at the G... Read More
Nov 19, 05:10am
Guiding Our Future’s Success at the Bellmont Career Fair Event
On an early November Friday morning, you can hear the birds faintly chirping in the distance while feeling the hint of crispness in the air ... Read More
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