Over the last 25 years, the organization has become the industry standard for skills training, validation, and credentialing, providing now over 60 portable credentials in specific technical areas. NIMS was founded in 1995 as a non-profit organization with the mission to develop and maintain a globally competitive American workforce.

NIMS is uniquely positioned, after 25 years in industry and career and technical education, to be at the forefront of this effort.” “As such, the skills required and the ways in which those skills are taught and measured are changing as well, both on the job and at educational institutions. “Manufacturing operations have automation and digital systems in place today that weren’t even concepts 25 years ago,” said Montez King, Executive Director of NIMS. NIMS (The National Institute for Metalworking Skills), established in 1995, is marking its 25 th anniversary in 2020 with fresh, forward-thinking methodologies for skills training, performance validation, and credentialing that address the competencies needed by today’s technology-driven manufacturers.

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