SME and America Makes continue expanding AM certification and technician training pathways.

• 01The White House — FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Celebrates Launch of AM Forward and Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Innovation Act2022-05-06

  Under AM Forward, America Makes is tasked to develop workforce-training curriculum with the participating OEMs and, with the U.S. Department of Labor, to help manufacturers launch additive manufacturing apprenticeship programs; Lockheed Martin commits to university and technical-college additive workforce coursework and apprenticeships. Supports the America Makes training-pathway portion of this event.

• 02Manufacturing USA (NIST) EWD Connect — SME Certified Additive Manufacturing Technician (CAMT) Certification2022-05-17

  Manufacturing USA education-and-workforce listing, posted by America Makes, of SME's Certified Additive Manufacturing Technician credential, described as built and validated through America Makes and covering the seven AM process families, materials, post-processing, and safety. Supports the SME/America Makes certification-pathway portion; it documents the credential's availability and institute validation in 2022, not enrollment growth.

• 03SME press release — SME, Stratasys Announce Winners of 2022 SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition2022-07-11

  SME administered its Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Certification exam to all 70 high-school and college competitors (23 passed) at the 2022 SkillsUSA national conference, with Tooling U-SME subscriptions awarded to winning teams. Supports SME's certification outreach into technician-level education in 2022.

• 04Manufacturing USA — 2022 Manufacturing USA Highlights Report2022-10-20

  Reports that America Makes, working with NextFlex, launched the Additive Edge project to introduce high-school students to additive manufacturing, within a Manufacturing USA network that engaged more than 90,000 students, workers, and teachers in FY2021 workforce development. Supports the America Makes training-pipeline portion.

• 05America Makes

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AM Roadmap. (2022). SME and America Makes continue expanding AM certification and technician training pathways.. AM Roadmap (v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed). Retrieved 2026-08-24, from https://amroadmap.com/timeline/past-2022-workforce-development-6

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@misc{amroadmap_sme_and_america_makes_continue_expanding_2022,
  title  = {SME and America Makes continue expanding AM certification and technician training pathways.},
  author = {{AM Roadmap}},
  year   = {2022},
  url    = {https://amroadmap.com/timeline/past-2022-workforce-development-6},
  note   = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed, accessed 2026-08-24}
}

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