Manufacturing Skill Standards Council Natonal Expert Panel Member & MSSC's Certified Logistics Instructor
The MSSC offers certificate(s) and/or certification for both Production Workers (Certified Production Technician or CPT) and Front Line Workers in Supply Chain Logistics foundational-level (Certified Logistics Associate or CLA) and mid-level (Certified Logistics Technician or CLT). CPT: The MSSC System awards certificates to individuals who pass any of its four Production modules: Safety; Quality Practices & Measurement; Manufacturing Processes & Production; and Maintenance Awareness and a full Certified Production Technician (CPT) Certification to those who pass all four. CLA/CLT: These certifications address the core competencies of higher skilled, front-line material handling workers (entry-level to first line of supervision) across the supply chain: from factories, to warehouses, to distribution centers to transporters. For both manufacturing production and supply chain logistics, MSSC offers industry a new set of tools to ensure that both entering and incumbent workers are flexible, easily trainable, and highly motivated knowledge workers able to keep pace with technological change—the “Industrial Athlete of the Future.”