Creating a New Workforce

Perhaps the greatest economic challenge facing greater Milwaukee is the dwindling of its skilled labor force. Meanwhile, labor-intensive jobs of the past are now robotic, flexible systems, or fully automated.

Digital technology demands familiarity with electronic interfaces for gathering data, generating reports and controlling devices. ECAM was designed to teach these advanced, increasingly interconnected competencies and then render them portable through worker credentialing.

"Knowledge workers" trained and credentialed here will become the core of a re-engineered, highly adaptable workforce. We can also work directly with employers to transform incumbent employees into knowledge workers.

Beyond their core technical training, ECAM learners are taught "soft skills" including teamwork, communication, math computation and customer satisfaction - considered by many companies to be critical to competitiveness.

More about ECAM:
An Idea, Not Just a Building
Creating a New Workforce
Engineering an Image Makeover
Industry Modernization
Energy Transformation