Bosch Rexroth helps Charlotte students discover careers in engineering and manufacturing

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) officials and Bosch Rexroth executives gathered to celebrate the ongoing partnership. (From left) Casey Jones, principal, Olympic High School; Earnest Winston, superintendent, CMS; Ashlee Campbell, assistant director, CMS CTE; Jennifer De La Jara, CMS board of education at-large; Greg Gumbs, president/CEO, Bosch Rexroth North America.

Presentations, robotics demonstrations, and online information tools were showcased at a special event on Oct. 8 at the Bosch Rexroth Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center at the Olympic Community of Schools in Charlotte, N.C. The center provides opportunities for students from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) to learn about manufacturing and engineering careers.

The event was designed to highlight the efforts by the Olympic Community of Schools and the CMS District to help students at every level appreciate how many fulfilling and satisfying opportunities exist for them to follow as engineers and technical associates in manufacturing.

The center is the only high school facility of its kind in the region that has a dedicated machine shop and a K-12 business alliance aimed at providing resources and pathways to apprenticeships and engineering careers. It provides Olympic High School students with hands-on experience using metal cutting and finishing technology, lathes, milling machines, saws, grinders, and metrology and quality control equipment.

To help students understand how their career journey could take them on a rewarding path into engineering and manufacturing professions, Bosch Rexroth recently launched an online resource that highlights possible roles, their functions, minimum education requirements, and average earnings.

The site also provides information on apprenticeships at Bosch Rexroth and links to the greater STEM and IoT communities in Charlotte.