At Maricopa Skill Center 25 students have recently become NIMS Certified
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Certification is now mandatory for all students who wish to pursue a CNC certificate at the Maricopa Skill Center as of July 2009. This certification certifies individual skills against the national standards. The NIMS credentialing program requires that the candidate meet both performance and theory requirements. Both the performance and knowledge examinations are industry-designed and industry-piloted. NIMS Certification is key for students as industry uses the credentials to recruit, hire, place and promote individual workers. Training programs use the credentials as performance measures of attainment, often incorporating the credentials as completion requirements. Approximately 95% of students who graduate from the Precision Machining program receive job placement. For more information on the Maricopa Skill Center Precision Machining Program contact Dan Feldmann at daniel.feldmann@gwmail.maricopa.edu.
