{"id":48680,"date":"2024-07-30T20:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=48680"},"modified":"2024-07-30T20:53:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:53:17","slug":"future-careers-a-visual-look-at-advanced-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2024\/07\/30\/future-careers-a-visual-look-at-advanced-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Careers | A Visual Look at Advanced Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A career in Advanced Manufacturing is about building, and maintaining cutting-edge high tech machines\u2013\u2013like semiconductors, robots, and advanced automation. Austin Community College District (ACC) offers a full spectrum of stackable credentials from high school dual credit programs to entry-level skills certificates, associate degree programs, and even a bachelor\u2019s degree program to help students get started and advance in their careers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACC also is home to the IMPACT Lab, a new manufacturing incubator that provides specialized facilities for start-up companies to develop prototypes and products.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For students, ACC\u2019s IMPACT Lab offers real-world learning experiences through exposure to industry equipment and potential internships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACC is recognized nationally as a leader in advanced manufacturing and semiconductor workforce training.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The college developed the Semiconductor Technician Advanced Rapid Start (STARS) program to quickly upskil and preparel workers for manufacturing technician roles. This 4-week, full-time course combines theoretical and hands-on training, tailored with industry input to address workforce needs and enhance career mobility. Its curriculum is being looked at and studied by colleges and universities nationwide to help build a manufacturing workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-48670\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-48670 ml-slider has-dots-nav has-carousel-mode ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advanced Manufacturing\" data-height=\"914\" data-width=\"1370\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_48670\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_48670\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48682 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:50\" data-filename=\"RS8686_20180924-RVS-Advanced-Electronics-ca-105-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS8686_20180924-RVS-Advanced-Electronics-ca-105-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A male college student smiles while he looks at the camera and rests his hands on a yellow robotic arm used in advanced manufacturing.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48682 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Advanced Electronics\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC student Anthony D. shown working with equipment from the Electronics and Advanced Technologies lab at the Riverside Campus. The skills he learned at ACC allowed Anthony to secure an apprentice technician position at Samsung while also continuing his studies.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48683 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:50\" data-filename=\"RS10912_20190731-RVS-Electronics-Class-ca-192-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS10912_20190731-RVS-Electronics-Class-ca-192-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A college female students works with electronic equipment in a classroom. Other students are visible in the background.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48683 msDefaultImage\" title=\"AC Circuits Class\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Alternating Current Circuits class at the Riverside Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48684 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:51\" data-filename=\"RS11528_20190916-RVS-Robotics-Class-ca-356-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS11528_20190916-RVS-Robotics-Class-ca-356-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"Three male college students work together on solving a problem during class inside a lab equipped with robots.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48684 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Robotics Class\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Robotics class at the Riverside Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48685 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:52\" data-filename=\"RS16345_20210708-HLC-AE-CAD-Manufacturing-174-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS16345_20210708-HLC-AE-CAD-Manufacturing-174-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A male instructor shows a female college student how to operate a piece of heavy machinery used in advanced manufacturing.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48685 msDefaultImage\" title=\"AE\/CAD Manufacturing\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC student Auburn C. learns how to use one of the Haas Super Mini Mill inside the IMPACT Lab on at the Highland Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48686 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:53\" data-filename=\"RS16702_20210615-HLC-Manufacturing-Academy-1161-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS16702_20210615-HLC-Manufacturing-Academy-1161-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"To high school male students laugh while sitting at a table in a classroom and working with a piece of electronic equipment.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48686 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Manufacturing Academy\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">High school students Ricardo M. (left) and Kaleb R. (right) participate in a Manufacturing Academy class at the Highland Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48687 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:54\" data-filename=\"RS17090_20210917-HLC-CPT-ca-492-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS17090_20210917-HLC-CPT-ca-492-lpr-1368x913.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A college student wearing a full body white cleans suit that covers his head as well as a mask works on a piece of equipment used in advanced manufacturing. Other students dressed similarly can be seen in the background.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48687 msDefaultImage\" title=\"CPT\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Certified Production Technician (CPT) class at the Highland Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48688 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:55\" data-filename=\"RS23461_20231129-NXP-Reception-ca-417-lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS23461_20231129-NXP-Reception-ca-417-lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A man leans over a machine used for training students for working in the semiconductor field of advanced manufacturing.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48688 msDefaultImage\" title=\"NXP Lab Reception\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">The new NXP Semiconductors Advanced Manufacturing Lab created with funds donated by the NXP foundation is located at the Highland Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48689 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-30 20:33:55\" data-filename=\"RS23851_20231128-HLC-BMET-ca-127-lpr.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/07\/RS23851_20231128-HLC-BMET-ca-127-lpr.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A group of five male college students work on class projects inside a classroom.\" class=\"slider-48670 slide-48689 msDefaultImage\" title=\"BMET\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC Bachelor of Applied Technology in Manufacturing class at the Highland Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A career in Advanced Manufacturing is about building, and maintaining cutting-edge high tech machines\u2013\u2013like semiconductors, robots, and advanced automation. Austin Community College District (ACC) offers a full spectrum of stackable credentials from high school dual credit programs to entry-level skills certificates, associate degree programs, and even a bachelor\u2019s degree program to help students get started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":48671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[360,114,115],"class_list":["post-48680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acc-in-photos","tag-advanced-manufacturing","tag-manufacturing","tag-semiconductor","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}