{"id":14888,"date":"2023-04-11T15:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=14888"},"modified":"2023-04-12T09:29:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:29:53","slug":"nuts-bolts-and-thingamajigs-host-240-manufacturing-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2023\/04\/nuts-bolts-and-thingamajigs-host-240-manufacturing-camps.html","title":{"rendered":"Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs Host 240 Manufacturing Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welding in the morning. Machining at noon. Robotics to end the day.\u00a0 This sounds like my type of camp. Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs (NBT) is the foundation of Fabricators and Manufacturers Association.\u00a0 Their mission is to keep manufacturing in America vital with a skilled workforce that is prepared to keep pace with advances in technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anoka Technical College Manufacturing Camp\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2-YjiQewLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It all begins at an early age with 240 camps in the US and Canada.\u00a0 Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutsandboltsfoundation.org\/camps\/\">NBT Camp<\/a> website and enter your zip code to find a location close to you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14891\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/nuts-bolts-and-thingamajics-camp-locations.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/nuts-bolts-and-thingamajics-camp-locations.png 557w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/nuts-bolts-and-thingamajics-camp-locations-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These camps are filled with hands on learning in additive and subtractive manufacturing, welding, laser cutting, robotics, entrepreneurship, and SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14894\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Summer-Camp-Hands-On-615x358.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Summer-Camp-Hands-On-615x358.png 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Summer-Camp-Hands-On-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Summer-Camp-Hands-On-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Summer-Camp-Hands-On-728x424.png 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Summer-Camp-Hands-On.png 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Summer camps are designed for students, ages 12-16, where they experience modern manufacturing by creating, building, and taking a product home. At camp, they tour manufacturing facilities, learn about entrepreneurship, and meet top industry experts.\u00a0 Thank you to our SOLIDWORKS clients that provide inspirational tours to our future skilled workforce.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14893\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Impact-Study-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Impact-Study-2022.png 472w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/NBT-Impact-Study-2022-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Program manager, Dana Brown, stated, &#8220;the NBT camps hope to reach 3,500 students this year!&#8221;\u00a0 Dana also shared with me their <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.nutsandboltsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/nbt-impact-study-2020.pdf\">impact study<\/a> on engaging with this necessary workforce of the future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14902\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Karissa_Zastrow_5-615x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Karissa_Zastrow_5-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Karissa_Zastrow_5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Karissa_Zastrow_5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Karissa_Zastrow_5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Karissa_Zastrow_5-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Karissa_Zastrow_5-728x546.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are fortunate that NBT has chosen SOLIDWORKS.\u00a0 More information on camp location and registration can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutsandboltsfoundation.org\/camps\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Design well, Marie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welding in the morning. Machining at noon. Robotics to end the day.\u00a0 This sounds like my type of camp. Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs (NBT) is the foundation of Fabricators and Manufacturers Association.\u00a0 Their mission is to keep manufacturing in America<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2023\/04\/nuts-bolts-and-thingamajigs-host-240-manufacturing-camps.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":14900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5202,5381,4184,5204,5492,6712,5683,5767,7014,7086,4015,5210,5380],"tags":[5613,7249,7248,5413,4895,4308,7250,7247,4447,3931,3990,5490,7251,7252],"class_list":["post-14888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-2","category-cad-2","category-cad-instructor","category-curriculum-2","category-design-2","category-education","category-entrepreneurs","category-learned-solidworks-in-school","category-machining","category-manufacturing","category-mechanical-engineering","category-science-2","category-stem-science-technology-engineering-and-math","tag-3d-printing","tag-and-thingamajigs","tag-bolts","tag-job-skills","tag-machining","tag-manufacturing","tag-nbt","tag-nuts","tag-robotics","tag-solidworks","tag-stem","tag-summer-camp","tag-the-fabricators-and-manufacturers-association","tag-welding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14903,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14888\/revisions\/14903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}