2025 DATES – CLASS SCHEDULE & LOCATIONS

We are accepting applications for our Fall, Winter, and Spring sessions:

July 7-August 22 2025

Monday – Friday, 3 PM – 9 PM

Class includes 2 weeks of plastics.

MXCC/Vinal Technical High School, Middletown, CT

 

April 21 – May 23, 2025

Monday – Friday, 3 PM – 9 PM

Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT

Eli Whitney Technical High School, Hamden, CT

 

Applicants must be at least 18 years old, have a high school diploma or GED, be a Connecticut resident, and be able to work in the United States.

Click “APPLY NOW ” in the blue box below. You will receive an email from staff with the next steps.

MANUFACTURING IS ESSENTIAL

WATCH THIS VIDEO >> to see an overview of manufacturing in Connecticut, job opportunities, and skills required.

Skill Up includes:

• Free 5-Week hybrid classroom & hands-on training
• Cash stipend during training
• Minimum 175 pre-apprenticeship hours
• Six Sigma certification
• OSHA 10 safety card
• Job development

JOBS WAITING TO BE FILLED

Employers helped design the Skill Up program. They visit the class and attend special events to meet trainees and discuss job opportunities. Check out the EMPLOYER SITE >> to see all the companies that have already hired Skill Up grads.

See also:   List of Manufacturing Occupations

GET PREPARED

Once you apply, you’ll get an email in 24-48 hours inviting you to schedule an assessment covering shop math, ruler reading, and spatial reasoning. Use these resources to prepare. BOOT CAMP offered to help applicants score higher.

Hassan Touil: Assembler

After completing his American GED credential, passing an English test, and demonstrating math proficiency, Hassan completed Skill Up training in the summer of 2019 and now works for the Roto Frank Company. He also received forklift training through his employer.

Aziz Goktas: Press Assistant

One of the first to graduate from the 5-Week Intro class, Aziz used his past knowledge of architecture & engineering to excel in training and joined Brook & Whittle LTD where he is earning a steady income.

 

Malathi Rayakota: Cleanroom Assembler

Malathi moved to Connecticut, but was only getting unskilled temp jobs. She wanted a pathway to a career. Skill Up gave her the fundamental background needed to enter the manufacturing industry. She is now employed full-time at ASML.

Questions?

Jean Arnold-Barry, Skill Up Coordinator

jarnold-barry@workforcealliance.biz

(203) 867-4030 x 227

In Eastern CT: Contact Jennifer Proulx, Career & Development Specialist,

Jennifer.proulx@ct.gov, for information on Skill Up

or the Eastern Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative.

CLICK BELOW TO VISIT THE EASTERN CT MANUFACTURING PIPELINE SITE AND APPLICATION PORTAL:

RECORD-JOURNAL: STATE BOOSTS MANUFACTURING PIPELINE TRAINING PROGRAM

FOX 61: WORKINCT #CTCONFIDENT: ‘SKILL UP FOR MANUFACTURING’ LOOKS TO QUICKLY TRAIN PEOPLE FOR JOBS IN MANUFACTURING

HARTFORD COURANT OP-ED: THE STATE’S MANUFACTURING FUTURE NEEDS THIS BOOST

STAN SIMPSON SHOW, FOX 61: BUILDING A JOBS PIPELINE IN CONNECTICUT

WNPR: NEW PROGRAM OFFERS CONNECTICUT WORKERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN MANUFACTURING

WNHH COMMUNITY RADIO LOVE BABZ LOVE TALK WITH BABZ RAWLINS

HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL: BUILDING A MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE FROM THE GROUND UP

HEARST MEDIA: NEW TRAINING PROGRAM AIMS TO MATCH CT MANUFACTURERS WITH WORKERS

RECORD-JOURNAL: WORKFORCE ALLIANCE MANUFACTURING TRAINING PROGRAM

Skill Up is a program of Workforce Alliance and is funded through the Apprenticeship CT Initiative. Equal Opportunity Program. Auxiliary aids and accommodations available for persons with disabilities upon request. Contact Mark Cherry at (203) 624-1493 x 240 or macherry@workforcealliance.biz.