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Education & Workforce Development Overview

Training offerings to support the Circular Economy are only sparsely available today. It is critical that industry be kept up-to-date on emerging Circular Economy technologies, opportunities, and trends. Informed by data, the REMADE Institute is filling this national training gap by creating unique training offerings. To date, REMADE Academy has trained over 3,000 individuals and adds new courses regularly to keep the industrial workforce up-to-date with the latest sustainability topics.

We are committed to preparing a workforce with skills that are relevant to the energy transition and the overall adoption of a Circular Economy.

To achieve our nation’s energy, environmental, and economic goals, we must start educating tomorrow’s manufacturing workforce today.


REMADE ACADEMY

Training FOR NON-MEMBERS

Select training is available to non-REMADE members through the Canvas Learning Management Platform for a fee.

* Access to replays of live events is reserved for members only.
Learn more about membership
here.

ALREADY A MEMBER?

Access to REMADE Academy’s industry-focused, live and online training is included in Membership for employees and/or students of any REMADE Member Organization. If you have a special need for curated training, we are more than willing to work with you. Contact us here.


WHAT’S AVAILABLE THROUGH REMADE ACADEMY:

ONLINE SHORT COURSES

Designed for the incumbent workforce from introduction to expert level courses

View the full course catalog here

WEBINARS

Live virtual events open to the public covering both the REMADE R&D project portfolio and discussions on relevant material classes

Replays are available to members only

CERTIFICATE PATHWAYS

Available in Plastics Recycling, Remanufacturing, Systems Analysis, Advanced Fibers Recycling and more. Additional certificates are in development.


Competency Levels

Competency Levels enable REMADE to maximize engagement with incumbent workers, independent of an individual’s level of expertise, and communicates training expectations to potential participants prior to enrolling.

AWARENESS LEVEL TRAINING

Awareness training is intended to provide participants a high-level introduction to the subject matter.

PRACTITIONER LEVEL TRAINING

Practitioner level training is intended for incumbent workers that currently work with the technologies or in adjacent technology domains who wish to broaden their knowledge.

EXPERT LEVEL TRAINING

Expert level training is intended to provide in-depth coverage of advanced concepts or technology and is targeted toward engineers or scientists trying to expand their skill set.

Certificate Pathways

  • Courses are stacked to form Certificate Pathways both by Node and via cross-cutting themes

  • Subjects become more specialized as competency levels progress

  • Short Courses build on one another as they develop across each competency level

  • Students are able to enroll in individual courses or take the full certificate pathway

  • Training designed for flexible schedules and is available on-demand


Benefits of being a Member

REMADE Members gain access to on-demand training videos that focus on more in-depth understanding of concepts, technologies and practices.


EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

This roadmap was created to more effectively highlight how REMADE intends to develop the workforce needed to research, develop, and commercialize new REMADE technologies and solutions widely across U.S. industry, and to highlight the centrality of Education & Workforce Development to REMADE’s mission.

The work of the REMADE Institute is broadly focused on all material processing industries across the entire material value chain, including production, remanufacturing, and recycling. Because of this comprehensive scope, benefits realized from the Institute’s efforts may be adopted throughout the entire U.S. manufacturing landscape, rather than within only certain technology concentrations.


Workforce Profile

The REMADE Institute conducted a comprehensive Education & Workforce Development study to provide direction and suggest areas for investment, partnership and training development. As a baseline report, the strategies and suggestions in the Workforce Profile are being explored for further investigation through targeted focus groups and surveys with REMADE-relevant industry members.