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MxD Learn CAPITAL Program

New Silver Level SACA Credentials

Date: August 11, 2026

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Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness

Bioindustrial Manufacturing

Twin Cities, MN

Additive Manufacturing

Youngstown, OH

Robotics Manufacturing

Pittsburg, PA

Photonic Integrated Circuits

Rochester, NY

Rapid Advancement in Process

Intensification Deployment

Rochester, NY

Regenerative Manufacturing

Manchester, NH

Advanced Fiber & Fabric Technology

Boston, MA

Advanced Modular Chemical Process Intensification

New York, NY

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

Newark, DE

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Raleigh, NC

Composites Manufacturing Innovation

Knoxville, TN

Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE)

San Jose, CA

Smart Manufacturing

Los Angeles, CA

Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon

Tempe, AZ

Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation

San Antonio, TX

Advanced Manufacturing

Detroit, MI

Cybersecurity & Digital Manufacturing

Chicago, IL

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Durham, NC

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ADVANCE

Technology Adoption

EMPOWER

the Workforce

CONVENE

the Industrial Base

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MxD delivers on its mission in three primary ways:

Convene the manufacturing industrial base to identify key challenges that manufacturers face in modernizing and securing their operations.

[PROVIDE EXAMPLE – such as recent event and resulting success, upcoming event and how to register, Member xChange, or other related to your experience.]

Advance technology innovation and digital adoption by addressing barriers across the manufacturing supply chain.

[PROVIDE EXAMPLE – such as project summary, MxD Sensor Kit, or other related to your experience.]

Empower the workforce with resources that support skill development necessary to meet industry’s current and future needs.

[PROVIDE EXAMPLE – such as Hiring Guides, CyMOT course, strategic student visits, or other related to your experience.]

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Building the U.S. Manufacturing Workforce of the Future

MxD Learn strengthens U.S. manufacturing by developing a highly skilled workforce capable of implementing emerging technologies in digital manufacturing and cybersecurity.

In the last 7 years MxD Learn has secured more than $15M in workforce funding to build programs that have reached more than 400,000 learners across the United States.

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Methodology

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U.S. manufacturing roles must be clearly defined, with specified skills and career pathways.

Training programs must be developed to ensure the workforce can deploy and sustain new technologies.

Training must be flexible and easily deployed to prepare both current personnel and the next generation workforce.

Define

Develop

Deliver

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Curriculum

and Pathways Integrating

Technology and Learning

(CAPITAL)

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These classes boost technology adoption to help workers, companies, and industry bring new tech to the factory floor and help fill manufacturing’s staggering worker and skills shortages.

Specialized Courses Support New Technologies

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Manufacturing �is innovative, growing, and changing rapidly.

There are 495,000 unfilled manufacturing positions in the United States

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CAPITAL Curriculum

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Why Credentials?

According to a 2023 WorkCred study:

Workers like credentials!
Workers do not know which credentials are valuable to
Employers have preferred credentials
Tracking employee credentials is difficult for employers

MxD Strategy

Validate curriculum
Provide value to learners
Exposure to new students and curriculum partners

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37%

Lack of certifications within reasonable time commitment and cost

Reluctant to use available company budget for outside training/certification

42%

Lack familiarity with the credibility of certification programs and the skill sets gained in program completion

43%

MxD Learn Workforce Needs Survey

Credential Barriers

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Credentialing Options

Integrate existing 3rd party credentials into curriculum for select roles, preparing students to sit for assessments

Collaborate with existing credentialing body to update existing or create new micro-credential

Align curriculum to existing credential where possible, acknowledging that students will be on pathway to credential, but likely not fully prepared to obtain

Incorporate Existing Credentials

New/ Modified Credentials

‘Aligned’ to Credentials

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Why SACA?

Well-known and respected credentialing among manufacturers
Credentialing process valued by employers

MxD Learn x SACA Certification:

Completion of CAPITAL Data Annotation, Data Analytics, and Premetaverse programs can result in MxD/SACA Certification
Silver level certification
Currently in pilot stage
Launched mid-July with online proctoring with now 5 completed assessments

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40,000+ enrollments

into courses

11,000+ unique

learners engaged

38

U.S. states represented

Learners have access to sit for SACA credentials upon completing courses

Impact Snapshot

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“Excellent Course for showing the current state of Manufacturing Analysis. Much closer to On-The-Job training than academia.”

Jeffrey L.

What learners are saying

"The lessons are clear, well-structured, and easy to follow—making it simple to grasp not only the theory and logic behind annotation but also the practical How-Tos. For me, that’s a real game-changer.”

Kathryn H.

“This course inspired me to get certified as Certified Metaverse Expert through the Blockchain Counsel. Thank you so much for your great insight!”

Antoine O.

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“I am taking this course to prepare for a skill-evaluation test for a data annotation job and this course made me feel much more confident.”

Maya F.

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A virtual platform that

offers thousands of courses for in-demand jobs in cybersecurity, AI/machine learning, digital manufacturing, supply chain and operations

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Explore the platform at vtc.mxdusa.org

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Thank You

Angela Accurso

Director, Workforce Programs

Angela.accurso@mxdusa.org

Points of Contact:

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