Throughout the advanced manufacturing and aerospace industry, companies are being faced with an ever growing worker shortage. According to the Manufacturing Institute, “employers are seeking the best possible talent. They are increasingly relying on credentials as screening tools for the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to do the job. These credentials are industry-recognized that have been approved by business and industry leaders to possess the necessary rigor, technical and academic standards.”

Industry certifications are a means in which employers can ascertain whether or not students have mastered the content within their specific program by actually performing certain skills used on the job.

These certifications “are unique in that they are not tied to a single educational institution; they are not awarded by a school but rather by a third party that maintains the assessments and oversees the administration and use. It takes the guesswork out of the hiring process and provides an objective assessment of the skills needs to do a specific job.”
The Manufacturing Institute

The Center of Excellence for Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing has developed this list as a tool for our educational, community and industry partners to see the third party, nationally recognized industry certifications that are being offered at each of our colleges, focusing on aerospace & advanced manufacturing.

We built as comprehensive list as possible. If you see an update that needs to be made for a specific college, please let us know.

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Bates Technical College | 1101 S Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405 | (253) 680-7000 | www.bates.ctc.edu/

Bellingham Technical College | 3028 Lindbergh Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225 | (360) 752-7000 | www.btc.edu/

Big Bend Community College | 7662 Chanute St NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837 | (509) 793-2222 | www.bigbend.edu

Centralia College | 600 Centralia College Blvd, Centralia, WA 98531| (360) 736-9391 | www.centralia.edu/

Clark College | 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA 98663 | Phone: (360) 699-6398 | www.clark.edu

Clover Park Technical College | 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 | Phone: (253) 589-5800 | www.cptc.edu/

Columbia Basin College | 2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301 | (509) 547-0511 | www.columbiabasin.edu

Everett Community College | 2000 Tower Street | Everett, WA 98201 | 425-388-9100 | everettcc.edu

Grays Harbor College | 1620 Edward P Smith Dr., Aberdeen, WA 98520 | (360) 532-9020 | www.ghc.edu/

Green River Community College | 12401 SE 320th St, Auburn, WA 98092 | (253) 833-9111 | www.greenriver.edu

Lake Washington Institute of Technology | 11605 132nd Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98034 | (425) 739-8100 | www.lwtech.edu/

Lower Columbia College | Address: 1600 Maple St, Longview, WA 98632 | (360) 442-2311 | www.lowercolumbia.edu/

North Seattle College | 9600 College Way North | Seattle, Washington 98103 | 206-934-3600 | northseattle.edu

Olympic College | 1600 Chester Ave, Bremerton, WA 98337 | (360) 792-6050 | www.olympic.edu

Renton Technical College | 3000 NE 4th St, Renton, WA 98056 | (425) 235-2352 | www.rtc.edu

Shoreline Community College | 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133 | (206) 546-4101 | www.shoreline.edu

Skagit Valley College | 2405 E. College Way, Mt Vernon, WA 98273 | (360) 416-7600 | www.skagit.edu

South Puget Sound Community College | 2011 Mottman Road SW, Olympia, WA 98512 | (360) 754-7711 | http://www.spscc.edu/

South Seattle Community College | 6000 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106 | (206) 934-5300 | www.southseattle.edu

Walla Walla Community College | 500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla, WA 99362 | (509) 522-2500 | www.wwcc.edu

Wenatchee Valley College | 1300 Fifth St, Wenatchee, WA 98801 | (509) 682-6800 | www.wvc.edu