Attend
Summer camps are designed for students, ages 12-16, where they experience modern manufacturing by creating, building, and taking a product home. At camp, they tour manufacturing facilities, learn about entrepreneurship, and meet top industry experts. Campers will:
- Experience a safe, hands-on learning environment.
- Create products with Computer Aided Design (CAD).
- Operate machinery under close supervision.
- Discover their future career in manufacturing.
Host
Educators can make a positive impact for students and their schools by hosting summer manufacturing camps that create unique experiences for future workers. By serving as a camp host, you will:
- Educate and inform students, families, and businesses in your community.
- Enhance your reputation with local industry.
- Demonstrate the value of manufacturing programs to area schools.
- Help fill the skilled labor gap, starting in your hometown.
Support
Manufacturers recognize summer manufacturing camps are smart investments to encourage the next generation workforce. Summer camps build students’ skill sets that will influence their career decisions, strengthen communities, and enhance the industry. By supporting local camps, you can:
- Highlight manufacturing’s significance to the local economy.
- Create business and educational partnerships.
- Showcase your company’s facilities and advanced technologies.
- Recruit prospective employees and apprentices.
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT) is closely monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak and is working with NBT Summer Manufacturing Camp directors and hosts on contingency plans as needed. See the map of 2020 NBT Camps below and click the links for the most current details about camps in your area.
I.D.E.A. Academy (Innovation Design Engineering Automation)
East Arkansas Community College
Forrest City, AR
Manufacturing Experience for Teens: Code, Build, and Compete
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
3D Printing & Maker Camp at RCBI Williamson
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Williamson, WV
Materials in the World Around Us – What “Stuff” is Made Of
Mid State Technical College
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Satellites, Water Pollution & Lasers: An Exploration of Civil, Environmental & Geotechnical Eng
Mid State Technical College
Wisconsin Rapids, WI