The Learning Institute for the Growth of High Technology (L.I.G.H.T.) is a 17,000 square foot manufacturing training center located on the main campus of Penn United Technologies in Western Pennsylvania. L.I.G.H.T.’s main mission is to assess, design, and develop manufacturing training programs to meet the needs of our customers and employees.
Inside the institute are three classrooms and four labs equipped with the most up-to-date manufacturing machinery and state-of-the-art equipment so we can provide customized manufacturing training for both external customers and our internal employees.
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L.I.G.H.T. offers manufacturing training to other businesses and industries through a roster of 25 courses and a growing selection of metalworking seminars and workshops. In cases where the standard program or course is not specifically what you want, we can customize your training. We also provide consultation assistance on a wide range of services spanning from metalworking to quality and lean manufacturing, to safety and more.
Our customized manufacturing training center offers you tailor-made training through a list of courses, seminars, and workshops. These programs offer you the knowledge and skills to achieve optimal results in precision metal manufacturing. Choose the training location that is best for you—train at our L.I.G.H.T. training facility or we can bring the training on site at your location.
“The Light Center, at Penn United Technologies, has truly been instrumental in our success as a tool shop at Westinghouse. Their instruction to Tool Makers on tools, tips, techniques and the like have measurably improved our shop productivity. Thank You!”
—Wendell Joyner, Westinghouse Electric Company
Group of 1-4 people—$100.00 per instruction hour
Specialized packages—Pricing determined by customer requirements
Penn United Technologies and L.I.G.H.T. are dedicated to providing world-class manufacturing training for our employees. We recognize that to produce world-class products, we must continue to focus on training and development of our employees. We believe in investing in the education and training of our employees.
From state approved journey person programs to tuition reimbursement, learning is an important core value of our company. As a result, we offer a tuition reimbursement program to foster the professional development of our employees through their successful completion of studies in higher education.
Most of the manufacturing training conducted at L.I.G.H.T. for our internal employees is done in support of our 4 apprenticeship programs approved by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Apprenticeship Training (BAT) as well as 3 inter-company programs.
Contact us today for more information or to request a quote.
Headquarters
799 North Pike Road
Cabot PA, 16023
tel: 724-352-1507
fax: 724-352-4970
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