(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- Kermit the Frog once declared, “It’s not easy being green.” But SME and Purdue TAP are making it easier for manufacturing professionals to become green workers—one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. work force.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has partnered with Purdue University Technical Assistance Program (TAP) on a Green Manufacturing Specialist Certificate Program. Purdue TAP has developed an extensive training program and SME has developed the outcome assessment. Each program component was built to work together or to use independently, creating a highly flexible work force-development solution.

Manufacturers are seeing the value of applying green practices to their processes. They are discovering that it’s not only good for the environment, but practicing sustainability is also good for the bottom line. And, to be successful in reducing waste, manufacturing employees need to be able to view their work through “green lenses.”

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