Clean Technology Training Trust

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Why This Moment Matters

The Problem

The clean transportation and advanced manufacturing sectors are growing faster than the workforce that supports them. Without scalable training, America risks falling short on critical talent.

Our Solution

The Trust delivers nationally coordinated, locally deployed apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programs to close skills gaps and ensure industries have skilled manufacturing technicians, clean vehicle mechanics, and specialists they need.

The Numbers Tell the Story:

  • The U.S. could require up to 3.8 million new manufacturing jobs between 2024 and 2033, with roughly 1.9 million potentially remaining unfilled
  • Medium/Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition: Over 250,000 new skilled positions projected by 2030 in EV bus, truck, and fleet maintenance.
  • EV Market Growth: 26M electric vehicles expected on U.S. roads by 2030
  • Advanced Manufacturing: 3.8M U.S. manufacturing jobs will need to be filled by 2033 — over 50% risk going unfilled without action.
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing Expansion: Tens of thousands of new direct manufacturing jobs projected nationwide, with additional growth across the supply chain.
  • Battery Manufacturing Growth: Thousands of skilled production, engineering, and supply chain positions expected as demand for energy storage and clean technology accelerates.

Our Focus Areas

The Opportunity is Unprecedented: Our nation’s infrastructure transformation is creating the greatest pathway to middle-class prosperity in a generation. Building tomorrow’s workforce, today, we’re driving apprenticeship solutions to make it accessible to every community.

Driving the transition to zero-emission, electric, and advanced technology fleets.

The electric vehicle boom is reshaping America’s transportation landscape, creating unprecedented pathways to middle-class careers for workers in every community.

Market Reality:

  • EV sales reached a market share of 7.6 percent last year, with estimates projecting that figure could climb to 67 percent over the next decade
  • The shift to battery electric vehicles could create over 150,000 jobs by 2030 with smart policy investments
  • Fleet electrification and EV adoption demand new skill sets for medium/heavy-duty vehicle maintenance and their high-voltage systems.
  • Public and private fleet operators need job-ready mechanics with the electrical skills to service buses, trucks, and specialized EV equipment.

Our Role:
We create mechanic-focused pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs for:

  • Medium/Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Maintenance
  • Vehicle Battery systems diagnostics and repair

The technologies covered include electric power systems and hydrogen fuel cells.

Our Workforce Solutions: Building tomorrow’s workforce, today, we collaborate with fleet operators, original equipment manufacturers, and technical subject matter experts to build comprehensive apprenticeships and career pathways for existing mechanics as well as new entrants to the industry.

American manufacturing is undergoing its most significant transformation since the Industrial Revolution, creating new pathways to prosperity for workers across all backgrounds and communities.

Industry Dynamics:

  • 40% of current skill requirements in advanced manufacturing will evolve over the next five years
  • Advanced manufacturing has the highest multiplier effect of any economic sector, with every $1.00 spent adding $2.74 to the economy
  • Over a third (34%) of organizations found it difficult to successfully recruit industry talent over the last twelve months, primarily due to a lack of applicants with required skills

Our Innovation: Building tomorrow’s workforce, today, we design cutting-edge apprenticeships and career pathway programs that create direct employment routes from every segment of the community to high-demand manufacturing careers. Our apprenticeship curriculum covers battery manufacturing, robotics integration, automation systems, and Industry 4.0 technologies, ensuring American workers from all backgrounds can compete in the global smart manufacturing economy and build middle-class futures.

Empowering America’s next-generation production workforce.

Automation. Robotics. AI. Industry 4.0 technologies are transforming manufacturing at lightning speed and redefining it.

     High-demand technician roles include:

  • Battery production
  • Semiconductor fabrication
  • Robotics maintenance

 The battery recycling and reuse sector is booming, with careers in:

  • Hands-on roles – battery disassembly, materials recovery, machine operation
  • Technical positions – refining, quality control, hazardous materials handling, process and maintenance
  • Logistics & leadership – packaging, shipping, and production supervision

 Market growth:

  • S. – Battery recycling market nearly doubling: $4.5B (2024) → $7.9B (2033)
  • Global – EV battery reuse and recycling growing: $6.6B (2024) → $28.1B (2029) at 28.5% CAGR

 

The future is here. The opportunities are now.

Our Role:

We partner with employers to design hands-on, industry-specific apprenticeships that prepare workers for:

  • Battery manufacturing and assembly
  • Semiconductor and chip manufacturing
  • Automation and robotics integration
  • Lithium battery recycling and reuse

Our affiliated partners at the IBEW/NECA Electrical Training Alliance provide apprenticeship and continuing education training for electricians, lineworkers and many others working across the electrical industry. Our work is complementary, supporting adjacent technical roles in clean technology manufacturing and clean vehicle servicing. Together we are ensuring workforce readiness across the clean transportation and advanced manufacturing supply chains from construction and operations to maintenance and repairs.