Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Women in Manufacturing AI: From Shop Floor to Technical Leadership
A three-year initiative providing 500+ incumbent women manufacturing workers with stackable AI/Python skills, job advancement, and leadership pathways prioritizing abilities to design and deploy.
This initiative removes barriers preventing women manufacturing workers from advancing into AI-enabled technical roles. Through five stackable microcredentials in edge AI, 500+ women gain hands-on Python and AI skills while employed, with no income loss, and shape AI design through capstone projects. Serving New England, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania over 80% advance into supervisory or technical roles earning $5-$8 more per hour, ensuring manufacturing AI is safer, more equitable, and workforce-driven.
Primary Barrier
Limited access to AI training
Location
Massachusetts
Solution Region
New England
Community Type
Urban
Annual Operating Budget
$10.1 to 25 Million
