The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) and the Mahoning County Career & Technical Center (MCCTC) will offer no-cost robotics and automation training across Ohio through a $499,000 workforce grant that will help the state’s residents build skills for increasingly technology-driven careers.
Awarded through Ohio’s Individual Microcredential Assistance Program (IMAP), the grant will support approximately 3,000 individual course enrollments through June 30, 2027.
A3, MCCTC, and VAZA Consulting are partnering on the initiative to make industry-recognized robotics and automation training available to Ohio residents at no cost.
A3 will provide online training programs covering topics such as industrial robotics, robot safety, mobile robot safety, and robot business cases.
Two courses are available now:
- Robotics 1 – Introduction to Industrial Robots; and
- Robotics and Automation Technology – The Business Case for Automation (ROI). [Read more…] about A3 and Mahoning County expand access to free robotics training in Ohio through $500,000 workforce grant

