NASPT is being established. Here is where that stands.
Send us a message and we will answer it. Below, plainly, what exists today and what does not.
An initiative in formation, not an operating association.
NASPT began forming in 2026 and is in its founding year. The councils, the standard of practice, and the credential described across this site are the work being undertaken. None of them exist yet.
Membership is not open and partnership agreements are not being signed, so there is nothing here to sign up for. What we can do is read what you send and answer it.
If you are an employer, an educator, a technician, or a funder who wants to be part of how this gets built, the form below reaches us directly. So does an enquiry about the open RFP.
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What you can read today.
The case for the profession is public and does not depend on the association existing first.
The workforce analysis
The size of the technician shortfall, why it exists, and what closing it requires. Every figure is sourced and cited.
The role definition
What a process technician actually does, the competency set, what the work pays, and where it leads. The honest version.
The certification roadmap
How the credential gets built, in five phases, and the proposed designation ladder underneath it.
The governance model
How authority over the standard is meant to be divided, and the independence safeguards the association intends to operate under.
Some things we will not become.
These are structural commitments rather than current operations, and they are worth stating early because they shape everything else.
NASPT will not place candidates, sell training, or sell software. It will not accredit or endorse specific training vendors, and it is not intended to compete with employers' internal programs or their university partners.
The association defines the standard those programs build toward, and certifies the people who meet it.
National Association of Semiconductor Process Technicians
A national workforce initiative formed in 2026, being established as the professional body for semiconductor process technicians.
Its founding work is designed to be grant-funded rather than dues-funded, so that the standard of practice, the competency framework, and the workforce research can be published openly rather than sold. That is a structural intention for how the association should be built.
Legal and financial structure, governing documents, and council rosters will be published as they are established.
The formation year
The standard gets written once.
If you want to understand the case before anything opens, start with the workforce gap.