It is a unique program that is proving successful and is looking for their next class of students.
Rhodes State College’s Uniquely-Abled Academy is teaching individuals who are high functioning on the autistic spectrum the skills to enter the manufacturing industry. Students learn to program, set up and operate CNC machines. It is a 10-week program with 420 hours of in-class instruction plus 20 hours plus of job readiness instruction.
Rhodes State Project Manager of Workforce Development Lew Modic adds, “The nice thing about this program for people on the autistic spectrum even if they don’t get a job in CNC machining, it gets them comfortable with machining and equipment in a manufacturing facility.”
The last Uniquely-Abled Academy saw five students with 3 getting jobs in the industry. The next class starts on May 31st, and the program is free.
