Your Future in Optics
Embark on an exciting journey with AmeriCOM Learning Management and unlock the doors to a thriving career in optics manufacturing. Our free online courses are designed to introduce you to the fascinating world of optics, where innovation meets opportunity. No prior experience is necessary, just a passion for learning and a desire to excel. Sign up today and start your path towards becoming a skilled optics technician, a profession in high demand across various cutting-edge industries. Your future in the science of light awaits!
Explore Our Short Courses
Working in tandem with industrial, academic, nonprofit, and government partners, AmeriCOM is leveraging American ingenuity to strengthen our nation’s advanced manufacturing base and prepare the next generation of skilled professionals. Through our growing catalog of online short courses, learners can explore topics such as light and lasers, metrology, and precision optics manufacturing to discover the career path that best fits their goals. Designed by our team of scientists, engineers, educators, and workforce specialists, each course provides practical, industry-aligned training that helps individuals build the skills, confidence, and direction needed to advance in America’s precision optics industry.
Workforce Development
Across the nation, AmeriCOM is establishing a network of training centers and educational partnerships to expand the pipeline of skilled optics technicians entering the workforce. By collaborating with community colleges, technical institutes, and regional workforce programs, AmeriCOM brings hands-on optics manufacturing training to communities where opportunity and industry demand intersect. These partnerships ensure that students gain access to modern equipment, expert instruction, and real-world applications of precision optics technology.
Meet Our Instructors
We are lighting up people’s futures with exciting, high-tech careers in optics. At the heart of AmeriCOM’s mission is a team of passionate instructors, experienced scientists, engineers, and educators, who bring real-world expertise directly into the classroom and online learning environment. Through engaging lessons, hands-on demonstrations, and mentorship, they connect theory to practice, showing students how light, lasers, and precision manufacturing shape everything from aerospace to healthcare.
In the News
Our Optics Insider newsletter tracks the latest events and developments in the growing field of precision optics manufacturing.