Skills to Build

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Skills to Build

Employ Milwaukee’s Skills To Build grant program is for jobseekers interested in, and businesses engaged in, Advanced Manufacturing, Information Technology (IT) or Professional/Technical Services (Line Installers, Mapping/Surveying, Civil Engineering, for example) – industries and occupations critical to meeting the goals of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) enacted in early 2022.

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The goals of the program are to:

Train jobseekers in Advanced Manufacturing; Information Technology; and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services occupations that support renewable energy, transportation, and broadband infrastructure sectors tied to BIL investments.
Help businesses in these industries fill their talent pipeline with trained, qualified candidates as well as other resources such as Internships, Apprenticeships, On-The-Job Training, and Incumbent Worker Training.

Career Pathways to meet the future skilled workforce needs for high-demand jobs in Renewable Energy, Transportation and Broadband Infrastructure include:

Advanced Manufacturing:

Assemblers
Inspectors
Testers
Fabricators for products such as electric motors or hybrid engines
Semiconductor Technicians
Broadband Equipment Manufacturing

Information Technologies:

Software Developers
Software QA Analysts and Testers
Computer Systems Analysts
Cybersecurity
Advanced Logistics
Network and Computer System Admin

Professional and Technical Services:

Telecommunications
Equipment Installers
Line Installers/Repairers
Mapping/Surveying
Civil Engineering

Want to Get Involved?

Whether you are an individual interested in learning more about skills training, or a business interested in learning more about resources to fill your talent pipeline or upskill your current workforce, contact the Skills to Build team at: SkillsToBuild@employmilwaukee.org to learn more.

EMI will regionally scale this program across the 7-county southeastern Wisconsin area, by partnering with multiple training entities, industry organizations, as well as the WOW Workforce Development Board (Waukesha, Ozaukee & Washington counties). The Skills to Build program will meld together evidence-based strategies, local industry needs, and worker voice to create a strong and equitable infrastructure workforce in southeastern Wisconsin that fills the high demand of jobs created by extraordinary federal investments.

Skills To Build is funded in whole or part by the Department of Labor Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant.

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