MSSC certifications, combined with Amatrol’s Skill Boss trainers, ensure students and workers graduate with both nationally recognized credentials and proven, hands-on performance skills.
Employers need candidates who can prove what they know—and what they can do. The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) sets the benchmark with nationally portable, ISO/IEC 17024–accredited credentials for advanced manufacturing and logistics. At Tech-Labs, we support these pathways with Amatrol’s Skill Boss trainers, bringing performance-based assessment into your classroom or lab.
MSSC certifications align training with real industry requirements while providing stackable credentials that travel with learners throughout their careers. From Certified Production Technician (CPT) 4.0 and Certified Logistics Technician (CLT) 4.0 to Certified Forklift Technician (CFT) and Certified Technician – Supply Chain Automation (CT-SCA), MSSC validates core competencies that employers recognize and trust.
Prepares learners for front-line manufacturing careers. Focus areas include safety, quality practices, manufacturing processes, and maintenance awareness. With the CPT+ performance assessment on Skill Boss Manufacturing, students prove what they know and what they can do in real-world scenarios.
Recognizes core competencies for material handling and distribution center roles. CLT validates skills such as receiving, storage, inventory control, packaging, and shipping—aligned with today’s automated logistics operations.
Developed in partnership with industry leaders, CFT focuses on the repair and maintenance of forklift systems. It ensures technicians are equipped with the knowledge and hands-on skills to maintain safe, reliable, and efficient forklift fleets.
Concentrates on the technical systems driving automated distribution centers. With the Skill Boss Logistics trainer, candidates demonstrate 100+ hands-on skills across equipment maintenance, equipment repair, and network repair. Earning all three sub-certifications confers MSSC’s Automation Master credential.
Written exams alone can’t verify workplace skills. That’s why MSSC requires hands-on assessments using Amatrol’s Skill Boss trainers. These systems replicate real production and distribution processes, so learners demonstrate their competencies on real hardware—not just paper tests.
Amatrol’s Skill Boss is a compact, automated manufacturing system that mirrors modern production environments. For the MSSC CPT+ credential, candidates must demonstrate 55+ hands-on skills—from safety and quality checks to machine operation and preventive maintenance— ensuring learners graduate with validated performance skills, not just test results.
The Skill Boss Logistics trainer replicates an automated distribution system with package tracking, electro-pneumatic sorting, priority release, and real-time control. It is the required assessment device for MSSC’s CT-SCA pathway, where learners demonstrate 100+ industry-relevant skills across three certifications:
Earning all three credentials confers MSSC’s Automation Master recognition.
For programs ready to advance beyond MSSC certification, Amatrol offers the 87-SWPF1V Smart Robot Logistics Palletizing Workcell. This system integrates a FANUC 6-axis robot, Allen-Bradley safety PLC, conveyors, barcode scanning, and vision programming to teach advanced skills in robotic palletizing, logistics, and Industry 4.0. It’s the perfect next step after Skill Boss, preparing learners for tomorrow’s fully automated facilities.
Tech-Labs supports MSSC-aligned implementations with Amatrol training systems, integration guidance, and faculty resources. Ready to see these solutions in action? Schedule a visit to our Solutions Center or contact our team to plan your lab.
