Purpose

The FWD Center is a 50,000 sq. ft. state-of-the–art center designed to support short-term and accelerated training programs to meet the evolving workforce needs of the Finger Lakes region and place workers in high-demand jobs as identified in The Future Technician Workforce Study.
- i4.0 current and emerging digital industrial technologies — identifying the skills needed for the 21st century workforce
- 4 Focus Areas: manufacturing & automation, information technology, health care, human resources & professional services
- 8 Key Technologies: additive manufacturing, advanced process controls, artificial intelligence, augmented & virtual reality, automation & robotics, data analytics & data science, industrial IoT, mechatronics
- The FWD Center is the physical venue to deploy a model of upskilling workers for the future and serve as a central hub to facilitate partnership throughout the nine county Finger Lakes region
Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center
321 State Street, 6th floor main lobby
Rochester, NY 14608
(p) 585-685-6FWD (6393)