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64th Annual AFC Convention
November 13 - 15, 2013
Breaking Down the Silos—
Shared Content Between
Corporate Training &
Academics
POLK STATE COLLEGE ● TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ● STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA
ETAM Engineering Technology & Advanced Manufacturing A US DOL CBJT funded initiative
In 2010, Polk State College awarded $2.91m US DOL
Community Based Jobs Training Grant award, the
Engineering Technology/Advanced Manufacturing Initiative
• Partnered with Tallahassee Community College and
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
• Goal: To bridge the gaps between advanced
manufacturing employers, unemployed workers, and AS-
degree seeking students using:
• Joint development and delivery
• Industry Certifications and latticed credentials
• Technology-based learning
The ETAM Initiative - Overview
How
Created and deployed a model for effective and efficient
credentialing is built from the following elements:
• shared, common curricula (built from industry
needs and competency maps with laddered
credentials);
• delivered with Technology-based Learning
(cloud-based services) with basic student support
services; and
• credentialed by colleges and employers through
alignment with national industry certifications tied to
articulation pathways to college credit & employer
hiring and promotion practices
Why?
Employers need skilled workers
Large number of unemployed workers & underskilled candidates
Updated course content needed on both the academic and non-credit sides
Desire to align with national industry certifications
Value in collaboration to create effective and efficient delivery systems
Advanced Manufacturing is a Major Economic
Driver in the State
• Accounts for $36.7 billion of the total output in
the state
• Responsible for 85% of Florida’s exports
• Average Annual Compensation in Manufacturing
$62,859
• Compensates 54.8% higher than other sectors
in the state.
5 Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Manufacturing Jobs Require Higher Skills
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85
90
95
100
105
110
115
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Manufacturing Employment by Skill Group, 2003 through 2010
Sources: Chmura Economics & Analytics and Current Population Survey.
High
Mid
Low
Index 2003=100
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“With thousands of jobs available, but a lack
of skilled and appropriately educated and
trained workers, one of the critical
impediments to greater manufacturing
success in Florida is an industry-ready
workforce.” - Steve Lezman – Chair, AIF Manufacturing-Aerospace-Defense
Council
Previous Approaches
Silos – Intra-Institutional (For-Credit or Non-credit) & Inter-Institutional (service boundaries)
On-the-job training – reduced because of slim margins
Vocational Career Centers – programs going away due to changing technology & changes in funding
Community colleges – frequently AA focused
Registered apprenticeship - programs often too long
• Development of courses to be deployed for
both credit and non-credit providing value to
today’s workforce and employers
• Create linkages to national, portable,
stacked and latticed industry certifications
• Demonstrate industry certification-based
articulation (local and statewide) of training
completion with college credit
• Demonstrate the value of inter-institutional
partnerships to create, share, and deploy
educational and training materials
• Delivery via technology-based learning and
hybrid courses to meet participants needs
• Identify benefits of partnerships with local
workforce boards to provide training grants
to assist industry offset their non-credit
training costs
The ETAM Solution
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 1
Collaboratively developed content for industry-defined
competencies through industry certification alignment
• Non-credit training (resulting in industry certifications)
were integrated and articulated to credit-bearing
programs
• Training and education pathways designed for stackable
skills and credentials
• Each college partner developed content based on their
strengths and core competencies
• Both classroom and cloud-based learning models were
considered during development
• Prepared workers for exams leading to nationally-
recognized certification in advanced manufacturing
• Manufacturing Skill Standards Council’s (MSSC)
Certified Production Technician (CPT)
• Statewide articulation agreement provides awardees
15 credit hours (roughly a $1500 tuition value)
• Applies to AS degree in Engineering Technology
• Recognized at 11 community and state colleges
in Florida
• Program taught to unemployed and incumbent workers
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 1
(example)
Industry Certification (i.e. MSSC)
A.S. Degree
(Eng. Tech.)
Eng. Tech. B.S.
Degree
Incumbent Training
Programs
Entry-Level
Training Programs
Instructor Training
Statewide Articulation
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
Inter-institutional shared delivery via technology-based
learning
• Non-credit training was delivered via online synchronous
sessions – One college delivered the course (hosted the instruction)
– All college partners could enroll participants at their institution
• Joint course marketing materials were developed and
then customized for each college
• Participants had local student support services for all
classes (irrespective of which college hosted the course)
• Resulted in high-quality, high-touch, low-cost courses that
meet local needs & align with national industry
certifications
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
• Specifically the partner colleges created ten classes
• Major subject matter areas:
– Quality
– Instrumentation and Automation
– Mechanical and Electrical
– Robotics
• All classes can be delivered in non-credit corporate
training classes and utilized in credit-bearing courses
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 Q
UA
LIT
Y
•Certified Quality Improvement Associate (ASQ)
•Bronze Lean Certification (ASQ/Shingo/SME)
Instr
um
enta
tion
•Mathematics for Instrumentation Technicians (ISA)
• Introduction to Process Instrumentation (ISA)
•Fundamentals of Process Control (ISA)
•Safety Instrumented Systems – Design, Analysis, and Justification (ISA84) M
ech
anic
al/E
lectr
ica
l •Surface Mount Technology (IPC)
•Electrical Technology (ISCET)
•CNC Machine Operator (NIMS) R
obo
tics
•Robotics Applications (FANUC)
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
(marketing)
• All college partners purchased the same lab equipment for hybrid components
• Equipment brings new hands-on opportunity to new and existing courseware
– MAS-200 Robotic Work Cell from SMC
• Electronics / Mechatronics
• Pneumatics
• PLC’s and networking
– V-Flash Rapid Prototyping Machine (3-D Printing)
• Shared with ET students, art students, and industry
• Creates working models quickly
• One instructor (from host college) with three locations through out the state
ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 (Common
equip.)
ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 (Common
equip.)
Industry Feedback
Industry Certification Alignment
Leverage Experts for
Content
Develop Update Training
Provide Professional Developmen
t
Incorporate into Existing Cert’s and Degrees
Review Graduate Success
Value Add No. 2 (Cont’d)
Technical Workforce Training Remains
Current with Industry Requirements
• Institutional Collaboration
– Intra-institutionally (for-credit & non-credit)
– Inter-institutionally (college to college)
• Workforce Collaboration
– Funding
– Recruitment
– Placement
• Scalability
ETAM Solution - Value Add No. 3
Benefit No. 3 (Cont’d)
• Unemployed Workers recruited by workforce boards
• Tallahassee, Polk County, and Sarasota/Manatee work together with the colleges to recruit unemployed workers
• Students are screened with Florida Ready to Work (Work Keys) to ensure they can keep up
• Dedicated career specialists work with local employers to place graduates (Avg. starting wage in our regions is over $16/hour)
• Workforce boards can pay for training using WIA funds
• Both unemployed and employed workers are enrolling in college, something that many students had not previously considered
ETAM Deliverables
June 2013:
• Served 995 participants
• 982 completed training activities
• 288 received their MSSC certification
• 473 received an advanced manufacturing certification
• 45 have earned (or are in process of earning) their AS in
Engineering Technology
• 230 have gained employment or promotions due to training
Scalability & Replication
• TAACCCT round 2 funding for “Florida TRADE”
• The ETAM developed curriculum leveraged and deployed by the 12 college consortium
• Shared course deployment via Technology Based Learning [TBL] utilized to reduce costs and increase efficiencies
• Industry certification based training is the new standard for workforce skill development – MSSC CPT is the entry point pathway for employment and
articulated college credit
• Training and educational pathways are aligned
• Development and deployment of asynchronous methodology to increase flexibility
ETAM Breaking Down the Silos:
Shared Content Between Corporate
Training and Academics
Contacts:
Eric A. Roe, PhD - [email protected], 863-669-2838 Director of Applied Technology, Polk State College Principal Investigator, US DOL ETAM Initiative P.I. / Director, Manufacturing Talent Development Institute (ManufacturingTDI)
Howard Drake, MBA - [email protected], 863-297-1010 x4086 Program Manager, ETAM Initiative @ Polk State College
Glenn Goonis, JD., CPT, Program Coordinator @ State College of Florida Rick Frazier, Co-PI, ETAM Initiative @ Tallahassee Community College
