Aerospace Machinists Joint Apprenticeship Committee (DBA Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee or AJAC)

AJAC's vision is to produce the most highly skilled and trained aerospace and manufacturing craftspeople in the world, ensuring that the art of the skilled trades is not lost. AJAC brings value to Washington State employers and residents by keeping the aerospace industry alive and thriving, thus revealing Washington State as the world leader of extraordinary and cutting edge aerospace training. AJAC's mission is to provide exceptional and responsive apprenticeships, innovative signature training programs with cutting-edge curriculum and highly effective trades trainers. AJAC offers a method for transferring the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills between generations of the workforce, thus promoting the value of contributing to the next generation. AJAC brings about a significant and lasting impact on the prosperity of Washington State, empowering its diverse population of residents to thrive as craftspeople and attain secure family wage jobs through: - Dynamic career and educational pathways; - Corresponding wrap-around support services; - Smooth pipelines connecting employers with the next generation of workers and where preschool and K-12 students and their influencers see aerospace opportunities as viable career path options; - Advocating for recognition and financial support of training in aerospace and advanced manufacturing; - Expanding the diversity of people entering the trades; and - Exploring opportunities for growth and collaborating with partners to form comprehensive solutions.

Washington State funded the creation of AJAC in 2008 to address the talent development needs of Washington's aerospace and advanced manufacturing industry. We partner with 11 community colleges, 8 school districts and over 250 manufacturing employers to offer a range of adult apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship training programs for 7 manufacturing occupations across the state. We also operate a training facility in Kent where we offer short-term training, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs to South King County residents.