Three Days in NFPA’s Third Fast Track Hub

One of NFPA’s strategic priorities is to increase the number of fluid power educated technicians and engineers. Our Fast Track to Fluid Power program is one of the workforce development initiatives conducted to fill that need. A Fast Track Hub centers on a technical or community college with a validated fluid power and mechatronics degree program.…

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Fast Track Hubs Coming to Michigan & Iowa

Programs like the Fast Track to Fluid Power are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors.  As we continue to scale our workforce development programs to reach more students in more communities, we are pleased to announce Michigan and Iowa as the…

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Fast Track in Wisconsin Continues to Offer Fluid Power Education

Programs like the Fast Track to Fluid Power are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors.  Despite the ongoing challenges that COVID-19 restrictions have imposed on the educational front, NFPA members and educator partners in Wisconsin continue to stay engaged in NFPA’s…

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Pascal Donors Help Students Succeed in Fast Track/FAMTEN Fluid Power Pathway Program

Programs like the Fast Track/FAMTEN program are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. Support these efforts by making a donation. NFPA’s Fast Track/FAMTEN program currently has two technical school hub community sites. This year we launched the second hub at Triton College in…

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Opportunities to Connect with Fluid Power-Educated Tech School Graduates

  By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO In pursuing our mission of strengthening the fluid power industry, NFPA is focused on four key strategic objectives. Here’s a quick summary of the ways NFPA members can benefit from the programs associated with the fourth of those objectives. We call that objective Educated Workforce, and it’s where NFPA…

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NFPA Receives Best Practices Award for Work on Fast Track to Fluid Power/FAMTEN

Programs like the Fast Track to Fluid Power/FAMTEN are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors.  NFPA, Deltrol Fluid Products, QCC, and Triton College in Illinois received a Best Practices award from the Des Plaines Valley Region (DVR) Education for Employment…

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