Renton Technical College will be one of 11 state community and technical colleges to implement a new national program touted by President Obama as key to getting Americans back to work.

The development was announced by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

The two-quarter certificate program is in computer-numeric controlled machining and the course is designed to meet the needs of the aerospace industry and move well-trained workers into well-paying jobs, a release stated.

It is a national program called Right Skills Now.

The program was designed by The Manufacturing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers to respond to the immediate talent crisis facing manufacturing industries across the country.

RCT will roll out the program along with Columbia Basin, Everett, Green River, Olympic, Shoreline, South Puget Sound and Yakima Valley community colleges along with Bates Technical College, Bellingham Technical College and Lake Washington Institute of Technology.