Bay College West Campus to host Manufacturing Day event Oct. 12

Education, community and industry partners are coming together to coordinate a Manufacturing Day^SM event on Oct. 12 at Bay College West Campus, Iron Mountain, Mich.

The event, which will include 380 freshman students from area communities, is part of the “Heavy Metal Tours” campaign to proactively educate students and the community about the skilled trades and technical career opportunities that exist locally.

Participating businesses include Lakeshore Systems, BOSS Snowplow, Systems Control, Loadmaster, and CCI Systems.

“Our employers are not only faced with the challenge of baby boomer retirements, but it is estimated we will be adding over 650 new jobs in the area within the next three to five years. We have to be proactive,” said Lois Ellis, director of the Dickinson County Economic Development Alliance.

“We need to inform our students and their families that technical and skilled trades careers offer excellent wages. There’s huge opportunity to grow and you don’t need to put yourself into years of debt,” said Gina Wollner, manager of business development at Bay West.

For more information, visit www.heavymetaltours.com.