(File Photo of State Representative Rob Matzie)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) According to a release in Ambridge yesterday from State Representative Rob Matzie’s office, Matzie announced yesterday that expanded training opportunities in advanced manufacturing are coming to Beaver County thanks to nearly $1.4 million in new grant funding. The Community College of Allegheny County, Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters’ Technical Centers, the Pittsburgh Chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Catalyst Connection, Pittsburgh National Machining and Tooling Foundation and Team Trade Program all received grants that were approved through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry that will ensure that area workers will have the skills needed to step into settings that are technologically advanced. According to Matzie and that same release from his office, the funding includes:

• $400,000 to the Community College of Allegheny County to support the development of a new electrical maintenance technician/robotics apprenticeship program.
• $200,000 to Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters’ Technical Centers, with an Allegheny County training center, to expand the millwright apprenticeship program.

• $200,000 to the Pittsburgh Chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. to expand its mechatronics technician apprenticeship program serving Allegheny, Beaver, and several other regional counties.
• $200,000 to Catalyst Connection to expand its industrial manufacturing technician apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs serving Allegheny, Beaver, and several other regional counties.
• $199,467 to Pittsburgh National Machining and Tooling Foundation to expand its machinist apprenticeship program serving Allegheny, Beaver, and other regional counties.
• $199,280 to Team Trade Program to support the expansion of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy pre-apprenticeship program.