National Advanced Technician Training Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Advanced Technician Training Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out a three-year national advanced technician training program under which accredited community and technical colleges, using matching non-Federal funds, will provide training in technical competencies in strategic fields. Requires such program to include emphasis on on-the-job training intermixed with technical occupational training. Requires such program to place special recruiting emphasis on: (1) those who need retraining or upgrading to retain their jobs; (2) those who are unemployed, especially workers dislocated by plant closings and technological change; and (3) those who have recently completed high school or left high school prior to graduation. Requires the Director to establish within the Directorate of Science, Technology, and International Education in the NSF an Office of Applied Technology to: (1) monitor the skills needed in emerging and strategic technical fields; and (2) conduct the grant program authorized by this Act. Requires the Director, in carrying out such program, to: (1) award matching grants on a competitive basis to accredited community a…