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Highlighting Florida’s Comprehensive College Options Great Jobs and Lifestyles Right Here! Today’s high tech manufacturing positions usually require at least an Associate of Science degree. The FLATE-developed Engineering Technology (ET) degree program is available at 14 (and counting) colleges statewide. This flexible program has a built-in value -added benefit which employers have indicated is important: the ET degree core technical courses are fully aligned with the Manufacturers Skills Standard Certification (MSSC) Certi- fied Production Technician (CPT) - www.msscusa.org. In addition, high schools may wish to bring their tech programs into the future by offering the Automation and Production Technician program, where students have the option of becoming MSSC certified and earning 15 college credit hours towards the ET core. A num- ber of other technical programs like welding, electronics, or engineering technology also articulate to the A.S. ET, but with fewer credits. Other Florida technical high school programs are also aligned to the MSSC CPT creden- tial, and it only takes the credential to articulate credit to the Engineering Technology A.S. degree. MSSC certified students have many options. Their industry-endorsed MSSC skills allow them to compete for good jobs which may offer tuition reimbursement to not only complete a college program, but grow as an employee. ET students have options to con- tinue on to a B.S. degree in Engineering Technology in Daytona State College’s online pro- gram, and other degree programs around Florida. Other articulations are also available on a case-by-case basis. Developing Bachelor degree and other post-secondary options and articulations is one of FLATE’s initiatives. Engineering Technology Pathways supporting Manufacturing 23