Metal Working & Steel
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) has accredited 15 precision machine tool technology programs in Alabama. Currently, Alabama is one of only five states with 10 or more. North Alabama is home to the following nine NIMS nationally accredited programs:
- Allen Thornton Career Technology Center
Machining Level I - Arab High School
Machining Level I - Austin High School
Machining Level I - Calhoun Community College
Machining Level I - Cullman Area Career Center
Machining Level I
- Earnest Pruett Center of Technology
Machining Level I - J.F. Drake State Community & Technical College
Machining Level I - Madison County Career Technical Center
Machining Level I - Wallace State Community College
Machining Level I, Machining Level II, Die Making Level II
Additional NIMS registered programs in North Alabama include:
- Huntsville Center for Technology
- Huntsville City Schools
- Limestone County Career Technical Center
- Marshall Technical School
- Northeast Alabama Community College
- Northwest Shoals Community College
Top 25 Metalworking Employers in North Alabama
| Constellium | 1000 | Muscle Shoals |
| Wolverine Tube | 852 | Decatur |
| National Copper & Smelting | 475 | Huntsville |
| BASF Catalyst (formerly Englehard Corp.) | 351 | Huntsville |
| American Trim | 300 | Cullman |
| Nucor Corporation | 300 | Decatur |
| Nucor Corporation | 300 | Fort Payne |
| Wise Alloys LLC | 300 | Sheffield |
| Hart & Cooley Inc. | 250 | Huntsville |
| Cerrowire | 275 | Hartselle |
| Whitsell Corporation | 265 | Muscle Shoals |
| Carrier Corporation | 238 | Scottsboro |
| Axsys Technologies (formerly Speedring) | 214 | Cullman |
| Cooper Industries | 200 | Cullman |
| Nichols Aluminum | 180 | Decatur |
| Plasticraft Manufacturing Co. | 150 | Albertville |
| United Plating | 140 | Huntsville |
| Shoals Tubular Inc. | 130 | Florence |
| North Alabama Fabricating Co. | 125 | Cullman |
| Southern Metals Co. | 125 | Sheffield |
| Varco Pruden Buildings Inc. | 125 | Fort Payne |
| Inland Southern | 120 | Cullman |
| Willo Products | 120 | Decatur |
| Automatic Screw Machine Products | 110 | Decatur |
| Valley Joist Inc. | 108 | Fort Payne |