Job Description

The 4 year, 8,000-hour program will require on the job training on all shifts in all plant locations and will also include successful completion of required classes (50 credit hours) at Muskegon Community College that will be paid for by the company but will be taken outside of working hours and will be unpaid time.    

Apprentices will be formally evaluated every 1000 hours.  Continued participation in the apprentice program will be based upon acceptable job and academic performance.

Apprentices will establish department seniority upon entering the program.  Upon completion of the program, and becoming a Toolmaker, this departmental seniority will be used in lieu of plant seniority for shift preference purposes.

     Requirements: 

• High school diploma or GED.
• Good mechanical aptitude (must pass test 75+)
• Competent in basic math / algebra / spatial (must pass test 75+)
• Willing and able to work well in a teaming environment.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, toward goals
• People oriented.  Must be able to interact with supervision and fellow associates

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

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