High School Juniors and Seniors

AMP Up Your Future.

G R A N D R A P I D S C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E

Good Jobs. Good Pay.

Free College.

grcc.edu/amp

Who says...... manufacturing is dead?

... you can’t love your job?

... college has to mean decades of debt?

The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) members don’t!

Manufacturing in Michigan is not dead.

It’s just ADVANCED. If you’re in high

school now and you like creating cool things with a computer, problem-solving and fixing things, we have the career for you. All you

have to do is apply for an existing job

and work hard.

The AMP partners are solid businesses,

owned by people who live and work in our

community and care about its future. AMP is

a team of established manufacturers in West

Michigan who are searching for talented

employees like you – or like you will be with

the right training.

They have confidence in the two AMP

educational partners – Grand Rapids

Community College and Ferris State

University – and the AMP curriculum they

have designed for a career in advanced

manufacturing and engineering.

And more importantly, they have confidence

in you – they’re willing to start you out with a

job, then continue to pay you while they pay

your college tuition.

“ Having the opportunity to work with

my hands, be productive and have

a tangible product at the end of the

day is very exciting.”

– Rob/Autocam

“ This is something I would recommend

to anyone who has mechanical skills

or has the curiosity to learn more.”

- Larry/Paragon

“ It’s always cool to see the product

you worked on out in the field, like in

somebody’s car.”

– Kevin/Gentex

Student TestimonialsYou have a promising future: About to

leave high school, ready to be responsible,

able to use your head as well as your hands, ready to work hard and smart, but wondering what your next step should be.

Well, read on…

Check out AMP: by watching a short

video at grcc.edu/amp. You’ll find information

about the program, participating companies,

and an interest form.

So, is AMP for you? Visit grcc.edu/amp

Earnings associated with degree/experience

$12.00 hourlyEducation/Experience Level:

Moderate-term on-the-job training

$100k annually Education/Experience Level:

Supervisors

$50k–70k annually Education/Experience Level:

Leaders

$50k annually Education/Experience Level:

5 years experience

$18.00 hourly Education/Experience Level:

2.5 years experience/Associates Degree

“ In a few short years, with all

the Baby Boomers retiring,

manufacturers, like Paragon

and the other AMP partners,

will be losing more than 25%

of our workforce. So we’re

looking now for new people

who already take pride in

their skills - and who will benefit

even more from the college

education we will make

available to them.”

– Dave Muir, President Paragon D&E

Imagine being paid to work while you’re getting your college

tuition paid, AMPing up your manufacturing and academic skills

so you can be the right person in the right place at the right time.

grcc.edu/amp

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