Intel Announces 1-Year Certification Program to Address Semiconductor Workforce Shortage

[Tsing]

Intel has announced that it will be launching a new 1-year certification program to help build local talent for its newest chip factories in Ohio and to partially address what the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has shown to be an upcoming workforce shortage. Eleven community colleges, including Clark State and Columbus State CC, have agreed to host the program, which is expected to launch in 2023–24 and offer the industry's first stackable, shareable, and transferable one-year semiconductor technician certificate. 58% of projected new jobs (and 80% of projected new technical jobs) are at risk of going unfilled at current degree completion rates, according to the SIA's findings.

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[Grimlakin]

This is why Degrees shouldn't be the measure of good IT workers. It wasn't when I started (no real IT programs.) And shouldn't be now.