Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Franklin-Simpson Center welcomed 36 new Advanced Manufacturing Technician Students into the southcentral Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education program on Aug. 7.

SKY FAME is a work-and-learn, selective admissions program designed to educate advanced manufacturing technicians. 

Students attend classes at SKYCTC Franklin-Simpson Center two days per week and work at least 24 hours per week for a local manufacturer, all while being paid a competitive wage. 

Students study a multi-craft technical skill set, including electricity, robotics, fluid power, mechanics, fabrication, industrial troubleshooting and more. After five semesters, students will have earned an Associate Degree in Applied Science in Industrial Maintenance Technology-Advanced Manufacturing Technician Track and over 1,800 hours of on-the-job work experience.

This is the eighth year welcoming a new cohort of AMTs, and the sponsoring manufacturers include Alpla, Bendix, Berry Global, Bowling Green Metalforming, Delta Faucet, Electrolux, Flex-N-Gate, Fluor, Fritz Winter North America, Henkel, J.M. Smucker Co., Logan Aluminum, Sherwin-Williams, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems and Tyson Foods.