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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

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•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 - ERoe@polk.edu, 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 - Hdrake@polk.edu, 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