Post by Yokohama Tire Corporation

Employees at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM) in West Point, Mississippi are learning new skills while working and even earning degrees via the company’s Maintenance Apprenticeship Program. The program, which was implemented in 2024, and is in partnership with East Mississippi Community College, was designed to help develop more skilled trade workers at YTMM. The program is a blend of on-site training and classroom education. Employees can work toward an associate degree while gaining experience on the job, creating a direct pathway into maintenance and other technical roles at YTMM. Yokohama covers 100 percent of the costs and books for employees in the program. Philip Calhoun, YTMM’s General Manager/Vice President of Operations states that the program has been a major success and that several employees are about to graduate. The program has helped build confidence and develop skills that extend beyond the workplace. It’s part of our long-term workforce strategy focused on developing talent internally. If you can’t find the talent, then you have to develop your own people. And that’s what we are doing. Click the video link below to learn even more about Maintenance Apprenticeship Program. https://lnkd.in/giCXDfzK