Hypertherm Technical Training Institute (HTTI)
Hypertherm
The Hypertherm Technical Training Institute hosts apprenticeship programs and high school internship programs. Hypertherm currently has four occupations registered with the Department of Labor enabling the company to hire and train assemblers, CNC machine operators, and Mechatronics Technicians. To date, more than 700 apprentices have completed the programs. Hypertherm has partnered with NHTI to upskill technicians to meet the growing internal need for automation (mechatronics) technicians. Currently there are five students enrolled in the program taking classes on the NHTI campus in Concord during their workday. HTTI hosts a 10-week paid summer internship program for high school rising juniors and seniors exposing them to careers in manufacturing, for which they receive college credit. Rising seniors can choose to accept a postdated job offer to work at Hypertherm upon graduation if they are not continuing to college. Hypertherm also offers a high school internship during the school year in partnership with FUJI/Diamatix. The program hosts local high school rising juniors and seniors daily for half of the school year, during the last block of their day, and is a high school and college credit-bearing course. Hypertherm also has a more traditional internship program where the organization has hosted up to 30 students annually (mostly engineering) and the students gain valuable work experience and learn about our company. Hypertherm also runs a Corporate Campus initiative, a program that leverages the college credits earned in apprenticeship programs combined with general education courses contextualized to Hypertherm through an education partner. This allows associates to earn AS degrees in Advanced Manufacturing and provides career paths for frontline associates that are interested in engineer careers.