Toyota and PLTW: Empowering Students Through Career-Learning Experiences
Expanding Access to Modern Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities
Since 2010, Toyota has partnered with PLTW to provide students with more education and career pathway opportunities in high-demand, high-growth STEM careers.
Through the partnership, 184 schools across the United States have implemented programs in PLTW’s K-12 computer science and engineering pathways. Toyota recruits PLTW students into its Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT) and Technician Training & Education Network (T-TEN) programs, as the company has found that PLTW graduates are better prepared for its programs.
Providing Access to Engaging Work/Study Opportunities
Toyota began recruiting PLTW high school graduates to enroll in its AMT program in 2010. The two-year, intensive technical work/study program prepares graduates for in-demand manufacturing careers and offers them a unique opportunity to earn a salary with Toyota while working toward a multi-skilled associate degree through a local community college. Two days a week, students attend classes in electricity, fluid power, mechanics, and fabrication, as well as continuous activities to develop their professional behaviors, problem-solving skills, and efficient workplace practices. Students gain training and work experience at the Toyota manufacturing facility the other three days per week.
A recent report by Toyota shows that 95 percent of AMT program graduates are hired for a full-time manufacturing position with Toyota or other manufacturers. The program has been so successful that other companies have joined Toyota to create the FAME organization, a consortium of employers that inform the design of curriculum and support students in the work/study program.
Today, the program is active in nine states, with 22 programs and over 300 engaged employers.
Preparing Students for Rewarding Careers
Toyota’s T-TEN program is an automotive technician training program. Toyota recruits PLTW students for the program, which is currently in 36 U.S. locations.
The hands-on, collaborative nature of PLTW programs helps prepare students for success in T-TEN. The program aims to develop the significant technical skills required to maintain and repair modern automobiles.
In its 31-year history, T-TEN has developed and graduated over 11,000 factory-certified automotive technicians into challenging, rewarding, and well-paid positions in dealerships around the country. PLTW graduates have the opportunity to join this ever-growing community of skilled and in-demand technicians.
Learn MoreMaking a Difference, Together
View the resources below to see how Toyota’s support of education and career opportunities in manufacturing is making an impact on PLTW students.
