Get Paid While You Train for a Career in Manufacturing
If you like working with your hands and want a real job — not just more school — FAME is for you.
Through the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME), you get hired by a local manufacturer, earn a paycheck, and train for a high-demand career in advanced manufacturing.
You work three days a week on the job and spend two days a week training at EICC’s Blong Technology Center.
In about two years, you earn an Industrial Maintenance Associate of Applied Science degree and real work experience — often with a full-time job offer waiting.
What Is FAME
FAME is a hands-on, earn-and-learn program built by manufacturers who need skilled maintenance technicians.
Upcoming Events:
FAME Information Session
Join us and learn how the program works, and how you get hired and trained. If you meet us in-person, you also get to see where, and on what equipment, you’ll be building your skills.
Join us in-person at the Blong Technology Center from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Join us virtually via Zoom at 6 p.m.
Employer Meet & Greet
Meet local manufacturing employers and share your interest and career goals. Start building connections that lead to a job.
- March 10
- 6 p.m.
- Blong Technology Center
For Employers
FAME is an employer-led model that helps manufacturers grow their own skilled maintenance technicians. Employers sponsor students as paid employees while they train at EICC.
Businesses interested in sponsoring a student or learning more about the Riverbend FAME Chapter are encouraged to connect with us.
Questions? We're here to help, contact:
Allie Vandermyde, Dean of Manufacturing and Skilled Trades