With the start of National Apprenticeship Week across the country, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and Arizona Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC’s) President Rose Castaneres announced the expansion, in partnership with Estrella Mountain Community College, Northern Arizona University, Grand Canyon University, and Western Maricopa Education Center, of its Registered Technician Apprenticeship program to include new Semi Conductor Career Pathway Programs.
This will lead to an increase of many good paying blue and green collar jobs, many of them union ones.
According to a press release from Governor Hobbs office, this TSMC expansion will include:
“Newly created Equipment Technician Apprenticeships, supported with in-classroom learning at Estrella Mountain Community College.
Newly created Process Technician Apprenticeships, supported with curriculum through Northern Arizona University and Rio Salado College.
Newly created Manufacturing Technician Specialist Intensive Program, with training offered through Grand Canyon University and Western Maricopa Education Center (West-MEC).
Additional Facilities Technician Apprenticeships, with continued in-classroom learning at Estrella Mountain Community College.”
Commenting on this apprenticeship program, Governor Hobbs, who later hosted a Governor’s Apprenticeship Innovation Summit in Phoenix, said:
“The semiconductor industry has created opportunities for countless Arizonans to gain access to good-paying, stable jobs. Today, we are making that opportunity more accessible by creating new pathways into this growing, high-tech sector through robust new apprenticeship programs. With strong partners like TSMC, Arizona has been a leader in synchronizing our workforce efforts and investing in training that meets private sector needs and targets key industries powering our economy, and today’s announcement is a continuation of our commitment to connecting Arizonans to the jobs of the future.”
Later on social media, the Governor and her team posted:
Mayor Gallego offered:
“Today’s announcement is a significant step forward in our commitment to invest in our residents and create new, high-wage career pathways into Arizona’s growing semiconductor industry. By expanding the registered apprenticeship program and adding even more opportunities for training, TSMC is helping to build and upskill the strong workforce it needs to continue making the cutting-edge chips that power virtually every piece of technology in the modern world. The City of Phoenix is proud to support TSMC in building off of our existing partnership to ensure Phoenicians have access to top-tier instruction and rewarding jobs.”
Later, Mayor Gallego and her team posted on social media:
TSMC Arizona President Castaneres relayed:
“One of the top considerations in TSMC’s decision to expand here was the opportunity to tap a local and diverse talent pipeline and also to collaborate with a world-class US education system. Our first-of-its kind program for semiconductor technicians represents what’s possible when government, industry and education come together. We are deeply committed to creating job opportunities for local Arizonans. Our newest technician apprentices will get the support and training they need to thrive in their new careers, and help us make the most advanced semiconductor technology in the United States.”
Sandra Watson of the Arizona Commerce Authority posted:
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