Aerospace apprenticeship
Meet Tool Gauge Apprentice, Gavin Robinson

Gavin, when did you decide to first explore the option of becoming an apprentice through the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC)? I first decided to enroll in the apprenticeship program […]
More >>Meet Tool Gauge Apprentice, Travis Gibson

Where are you from, Travis, and how long have you been with Tool Gauge? I was born and raised in Spanaway, Washington and I’ve been with Tool Gauge full-time for […]
More >>2019 Youth Apprenticeship Signing Day

Nearly 100 students representing 12 school districts across Washington State, came together June 28th, to celebrate Signing Day 2019 with the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC), hiring employers, family […]
More >>AJAC Grad Night at the Museum of Flight

Today, June 14th, 79 graduates from 48 different companies will walk across a stage at the Museum of Flight to receive their journey-level credentials from the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee […]
More >>Facility Expansion Update – Spring 2019

Snow has melted, spring flowers are blooming and the Tool Gauge expansion project is back on track with some impressive movement since our Fall Update. Dickson Company broke ground […]
More >>Facility expansion update – Fall 2018

Our Tacoma aerospace manufacturing facility expansion is going according to plan! Our building demolition phase was completed by the end of September 2018 and we are on track to break […]
More >>Meet Tool Gauge Apprentice Raquel Taijito

When did you make the decision to become an apprentice, Raquel? I decided to become an apprentice at age 16 at the beginning of my sophomore year at Stadium High […]
More >>Tool Gauge evaluates cobots

Today’s smaller aerospace manufacturers face challenges on many different levels. They have difficulty hiring due to a wide shortage of factory floor talent to carry out assembly work or tend to […]
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