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dustry. It is a great resource for our onboarding education as well as broadening our team’s knowledge across the board. The fact that our employees can start a lesson, stop it when they get busy and come back to it has been ex- tremely helpful during these busy times.” To help AICC members make the most of the courses available AICC has also created a Training Tracking Tool, a resource available which makes easy tracking of training accessible to all AICC members. Many companies see the need for ongoing training but are not ready to invest in a database or Learning Management System of their own. The tool was updated in February 2022 to generate addi- tional reports on individual or group progress even when employees change departments internally. Members can download the Excel Tracking Tool and put it to use. “Educating over 10,000 individual AICC members is significant and should be celebrated, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg,” said AICC President, Mike D’Angelo. “We track numbers closely and member engagement with AICC’s Packaging School grows each year. The benefit to the industry is real,” One of the most recent courses added is Machine Primer. This resource introduces a wide variety of equip- ment used in today’s packaging industry. AICC members can click on various pieces of machinery in a virtual plant, read a description of it, see a diagram then watch a video of the machinery in action. This course is a great resource to those new to the industry. Several of the current and upcoming courses are through the support of AICC Education investors, Fosber, BCM Inks, SUN Automation Group, Pamarco, JB Machin- ery, Printron, Absolute, Kruger, EFI, HP, Stafford Corrugat- ed Products, and Bobst, who offer their time and exper- tise along with a financial commitment to create an online course with AICC. Visit www.AICCbox.org/PackagingSchool for more. NAM: Manufacturing Job Openings Well Above Pre-Pandemic Levels According to Chad Moutray, Ph.D. and Chief Economist at the National Association of Manufacturers, there were 855,000 manufacturing job openings in January and the number of job postings continues to be well above pre-pandemic levels. Over the past 10 months, job open- ings in the sector have averaged 873,000, including the record 943,000 in July. Consumer prices rose 0.8 percent in February, continu- ing to increase. Food and energy prices increased 1.0 per- cent and 3.5 percent in February, respectively, with gaso- line costs up 6.6 percent. Excluding food and energy, core consumer prices increased 0.5 percent in February, sug- gesting broad growth in costs beyond food and energy.
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