Matzie: Nearly $1.4 million secured to boost advanced manufacturing training for Beaver County job seekers

Will fund career and technical education, registered apprenticeship programs

Rep. Robert F. Matzie December 9, 2025 | 3:20 PM

AMBRIDGE, Dec. 9 – Expanded training opportunities in advanced manufacturing are coming to Beaver County thanks to nearly $1.4 million in new grant funding, state Rep. Rob Matzie announced today.

Matzie, who is chairman of the House Majority Caucus, said the six grants approved through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry will ensure area workers have the skills needed to step into technologically advanced settings.

“We can never stand still in our workforce training, as technology keeps producing new tools, processes, and production methods designed to make our manufacturing more cutting-edge,” Matzie said. “We have the best workers in the world, and there isn’t anything they can’t do or learn. This new funding will help ensure that they have the skills they need to stay ahead of the curve and keep our PA industries competitive.”

Matzie said the funding includes:

$400,000 to the Community College of Allegheny County to support the development of a new electrical maintenance technician/robotics apprenticeship program.
$200,000 to Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters’ Technical Centers, with an Allegheny County training center, to expand the millwright apprenticeship program.

$200,000 to the Pittsburgh Chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. to expand its mechatronics technician apprenticeship program serving Allegheny, Beaver, and several other regional counties.
$200,000 to Catalyst Connection to expand its industrial manufacturing technician apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs serving Allegheny, Beaver, and several other regional counties.
$199,467 to Pittsburgh National Machining and Tooling Foundation to expand its machinist apprenticeship program serving Allegheny, Beaver, and other regional counties.
$199,280 to Team Trade Program to support the expansion of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy pre-apprenticeship program.

More information about the Supporting PA’s Advanced Manufacturing Sector grant funding is available at: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dli/newsroom/expanding-opportunities-and-strengthening-pa-s-workfo

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