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68 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST October/November 2019 chelle Stofan, vice president of Garner Products serves as Treasurer; and Dean Peckham serves as the organization’s executive director. SVMI Member companies have Industry News designed a curriculum that includes the required training programs to bolster the labor pool as well as up-skilling existing skilled labor. In recent months, SVMI has certified 24 new CNC ap- prentices. Soon the group will launch an SVMI sponsored program for skilled machinists. Through this program, experienced CNC machinists will be able to earn a credential recognized by industry as a certified journey level machinist. To qualify, these machinists must be sponsored by an SVMI mem- ber company. If you are a CNC machinist and you are interested in obtaining this certification credential or you represent a company interested in becoming a SVMI member, please visit www. sacvalleymfg.org. There are also opportunities for local non-manufac- turing affiliate companies to join the SVMI effort. NIMS Launches First-Ever Industry Recognized CAM Credentials The National Institute for Metal- working Skills (NIMS) is now offering standardized Computer Aided Manu- facturing (CAM) credentials, CAM milling and turning. “The CAM field continues to grow and is expected to create almost 100,000 new program- mer, designer, and engineer jobs by 2024,” said NIMS executive director Montez King. “It is imperative that people entering the field are properly trained and capable, and these creden- tials show a potential employer that applicants are ready to program CNC machine tools. Further, employees al- ready on the job may wish to secure an official, portable, industry-recognized