Fast Track Hub MI

NFPA’s Fast Track to Fluid Power is a workforce development pathway that partners local technical colleges with fluid power industry members and high school teachers. These networks create awareness and interest in fluid power and train students along a path that leads to careers in fluid power at NFPA member companies.

Michigan members can help build a fluid power educated workforce and industry awareness through hands-on events and activities that benefit middle school, high school, and Macomb Community College students studying fluid power. Please review the opportunities below for more information. If you or your colleagues are interested, please contact Haley Nemeth hnemeth@nfpa.com to learn more.

Workforce Engagement Groups serve as a forum to discuss activities and opportunities designed to connect NFPA members with the Fast Track to Fluid Power and Power Partner programs, giving participating members increased visibility to educational institutions in their region and recruitment opportunities to more successfully interact with students interested in fluid power.

Take part in one Workforce Engagement Group, or all of them, and you will receive targeted information about news updates and activities like this to support your company’s recruitment needs in these regions. 

Michigan Region Opportunities:

• Exciting News from Macomb Community College:
  • Starting in the Fall 2024 semester, Macomb Community College is offering a new Fluid Power Certificate in their Automated Systems Technology – Mechatronics program. In 18 credit hours, according to Macomb Community College’s course catalog, this certificate program will prepare student for employment in the fluid power industry and possibly industry certification. The courses in this certificate will help students prepare to take the International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) certification exam. Macomb Community College’s new Fluid Power Certificate is an outcome of the Fast Track Hub Grant they received in 2022 to strengthen their curriculum to provide students with strong, job-ready skills in fluid power.

• Upcoming Workforce Engagement Group Meeting:
  • Join us in September for the next Michigan Workforce Engagement Group Meeting! Learn about a variety of upcoming events and opportunities to engage with students in the region. We are in the process of selecting a date for the meeting. Please fill out this Doodle Poll to let us know when you are available!

• Manufacturing (MFG) Day:
  • MFG Day is October 4, 2024 and helps show the reality and future of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions around the nation to open their doors to students, parents, educators and community leaders. Are you interested in hosting students on MFG Day? Haley can connect you to the organizer in the MI Fast Track Hub.

• NFPA’s Speaker’s Bureau & Facility Tours:
  • The Speaker’s Bureau and Facility Tours are an opportunity to inspire and excite students about career opportunities in the fluid power industry. Please let Haley know if you are interested in being connected with classroom speaking opportunities, or if you’re willing to host student tours this academic year.