FVCC trades program creates conduit to local manufacturers

Manufacturing isn’t all about making products. It’s also about the people who make them.

That’s the mentality in the Occupational Trades building at Flathead Valley Community College, where cutting-edge machinery and instruction is creating a pipeline of skilled workers for local manufacturers.

“We’re in the business of trying to train a skilled workforce to support manufacturing initiatives here in the valley,” said Dan Leatzow, a professor of Advanced Manufacturing.