Per Scholas and The Campbell's Company Launch Milwaukee Tech Training

The curriculum, developed after a year of site visits and benchmarking studies of over 200 technicians, focuses on industrial electricity, fluid power, and precision maintenance. Students will earn OSHA-10 and NFPA 70E safety credentials, gaining skills specifically chosen to remain resilient against automation. This partnership addresses a mounting labor crisis, as the manufacturing sector faces a projected need for 1.9 million additional workers by 2033.

Per Scholas president Caitlyn Brazill noted that the program aims to build a scalable model for technical education that can be replicated in other manufacturing hubs nationwide. While the current focus remains on the inaugural Milwaukee cohort, the organization intends to use this framework to address unmet regional demand for skilled labor. The program is part of a broader push to connect underrepresented talent with stable, high-growth careers in critical infrastructure as the labor market adapts to new technological pressures.