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The Method
The AITP Program provides technical training in assembly, fabrication and composite bonding that result in:
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AITP graduates who possess state-of-the-industry technical and mechanical skills
required for high productivity levels in lean manufacturing and team oriented work places; and
- Incumbent workers who possess the upgraded knowledge and skills required to advance
their careers and enhance the competitiveness of their respective companies.
The Consortium Track Record
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The number of participants who successfully complete the Structural Aircraft Assembly and the
Composite Bonding training programs is over 90%.
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Over 95% of successful graduates secure and retain positions in the aerospace, or related
industries as assemblers and composite bonders.
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In 2004, the AITP Program received the U.S. Department of Labor's Regional Administrator's
Special Recognition Award.
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In 2005, AITP received the National Economic Development and Law Center's Trailblazer Award
for the AITP Initiative.
The AITP Consortium
The AITP Program is a partnership among Business & Industry, Labor, Education,
Workforce Investment Boards, Government, and Community Service organizations in the DFW area that utilizes its
collective resources, knowledge and expertise to:
- Reduce employer's advertising, screening, training and hiring costs,
- Recruit, screen, train and assess program participants according to industry job skills and
performance requirements for mechanical assembly, fabrication, and/or composite bonding.
- Provide specific skills upgrade training for incumbent workers to support the expanding
and enhanced use of new technologies, materials and methods in aircraft assembly.
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The Techincal Training
AITP training has been provided within a simulated factory
environment since its inception in January 2001. Through the coordinated efforts of Lockheed Martin Aero,
Bell Helicopter/TEXTRON, Community Learning Center and other AITP Consortium partners have:
- Developed customized technical training curriculum in structural aircraft assembly and
composite bonding. This curriculum is enhanced on an ongoing basis to meet the needs of
aerospace and related industries.
- Provided dislocated workers with training in Structural Aircraft Assembly and Composite
Bonding in a classroom and hands-on setting.
The AITP Program Advantage
- Focuses on one of the region's four major strategic employment clusters - the aerospace industry.
- Represents a broad spectrum of multi-organizational expertise and tangible resources.
- Allows maximum flexibility in identifying and addressing specific workforce development
needs within aerospace, and related industries.
- Ensures that the training programs teach positive work ethic methods and the skills required
for entering and advancing within today's workforce.
- Provides feedback to ensure that workforce development needs within aerospace, and related
industries are being addressed and met.
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