Over 2,000 students take tour to learn about everything heavy metal [Video]

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – More than 2,000 middle school students from 29 schools went on a heavy metal tour today. No, not the music, but rather manufacturing.

Northcentral Technical College and two other manufacturing businesses hosted students and exposed them to engineering, machine tools, welding, and more. They are working with the Central Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance to excite kids and bring more workers into the field.

“It’s the ah-ha moments of what the students don’t realize sometimes what we manufacture in their backyards and for them to be able to see that and understand that has been really absolutely amazing,” Central Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance Executive Director Conney Edmondson said.

This is the fourth year of the tour. Since its beginning, the manufacturing field has seen a sharp increase in numbers.

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