National Career Pathways Network Conference October 11, 2018 at 2:45 PM Piedmont Community College’s Workforce Certification Academy© A Leader of Innovative Manufacturing Programs in North Carolina Dr. Doris Carver, Vice-President, Continuing Education Angela Webb, Dean, Workforce Development Mike Cobb, Instructor, Workforce Certification Academy

Piedmont Community College Serves Person and Caswell Counties Located north of Raleigh/Durham, NC Rural Counties bordering Virginia Total Population: 62,290 Unemployment Rate Average: 4.0% Manufacturing Companies: Automotive Gypsum Board Tobacco Hydro-Entangled fabric

PCC Person Campus Caswell Campus Roxboro, NC Yanceyville, NC

NC Community College Organization Curriculum Assoc. Degree Diploma Certificate Occupational Extension (Continuing Education) HRD Skills Specific training ABS Small Business Center Customized Training Corrections Education

Implementation of the Workforce Certification Academy© at PCC Staff attendance at the WorkKeys Conference in 2011 and learning of MSSC programs CertainTeed Customized Training Project College providing pre-employment and assessment for over 400 individuals, including WorkKeys during a three month period Workforce Development’s first direct involvement with local industry

Certified Production Technician CPT Premier program Initiated in February 2012 Funded through NC Rural Center’s Community Mobilization Grant $70,000 for Jan. 2012-June 2013 Provide short-term training opportunities that target identified skill gaps and lead to 3rd party, industry-recognized credentials Demand-driven workforce development project that utilizes collaborative workforce strategies

NC Rural Center Grant Workforce Certification Academy PT Coordinator WorkKeys Assessment fees 49% of cost of instruction Travel and emergency assistance for students MSSC fees Course registration fees for skills training

Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC) Certified Production Technician Endorsed by National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Industry-recognized & nationally-portable 4 Critical Production Functions

Certified Production Technician MSSC Modules Safety Quality practices and measurement Manufacturing processes and production Maintenance awareness

WCA Program Design Orientation to Certified Production Technician HRD Class for 48 hours Certified Production Technician OE (Skills Training) for 174 hours Job Search for CPT HRD Class for 18 hours

Orientation to CPT Taught by experienced HRD Instructor Provided to ensure that the student has skills to be successful Computer Assessments COPS and Career Exploration CASAS (Reading and Math) Study skills Test taking Orientation to CPT training-simple terms Career Ready 101 WorkKeys Assessments for NC CRC Free to students that are unemployed or underemployed

Golden LEAF Foundation Mid-Skills Initiative Grant $165,032 received February 2013 Add Certified Logistics Technician Training with Forklift Operator Training embedded Provide standalone Forklift Operator training to CPT graduates Equipment Student travel and All MSSC fees WorkKeys Assessment fees Emergency assistance 49% of all instruction for CPT/CLT and Forklift for 2013- 2014 program year

Golden LEAF Foundation Hyundai, 5000 pound sit down, pneumatic forklift with 42 inch forks and additional fuel tank

Mike Cobb, CPT Instructor Flexible Manufacturing System at the Workforce Training Center with Allen-Bradley Controls Mike Cobb, CPT Instructor and CPT students

Hydraulics Training System at the WTC

PCC’s CPT Program Recognized as NC Best Practice NC Community College President, Dr. Scott Ralls visits PCC’s WTC to learn more about the Certified Production Technician program. Dr. Ralls’ Report to Congress

NC Back to Work Grant Submitted for $119,989 to support Workforce Certification Academy© students and training Add Hybrid BioWork Processing Technician under the umbrella of the Workforce Certification Academy© Pay course registration fees, MSSC fees, WorkKeys fees and state certification fees for BioWork, CPT and CLT Add OSHA-Forklift PCC Sharing Event on MSSC programs from Oct. through Dec. 2013 for 18 community colleges sponsored by grant statewide

Support from Local Employers

2015 Duke Energy Grant Continuing Education to offer Siemens Level 1 training Electrical Electro-Hydraulics/Pneumatics Mechanical Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Curriculum to offer Associates Degree in Mechatronics Engineering Automated equipment for both programs

Siemens Level I Equipment Electrical

Robotics with Siemens Controls

Electro-Hydraulics

NC Golden LEAF Foundation $200,000 for equipment to enhance CPT and Siemens Level I training Increase course hours for CPT to include Skills Boss Employer advisory group for Advanced Manufacturing Incumbent Worker training Paid internships Development of Robotics Course for all local companies

MSSC CPT Skills Boss

Mechanical Trainer

Mechatronics Learning System

Employer Support of WorkKeys WorkKeys in Program Delivery

Manufacturing Data to Date Course Enrolled Passed Class Credential CPT 113 94 102 Safety 83 Quality Production Maintenance Awareness 85 CPT Siemens Level I 10 9 9 Siemens Level I CLT 143 90 112 CLA OSHA Forklift 159 119

Non-Credit to Credit Matrix   CURRICULUM CU Contact Hours CONTINUING EDUCATION CE Contact Hours Credit by Exam Industry Credential MNT 110 Intro To Maintenance 64 CPT - Maintenance Awareness (Course 4) X ISC 112 Industrial Safety 32 CPT – Safety (Course 1) 46 ISC 130 Intro to Quality Control 48 CPT – Quality Practices & Measurement (Course 2); Manufacturing Processes & Production (Course 3) 40 HYD 110 Pneumatics and Hydraulics 72 Siemens Level 1 (Course 3)* 80 X  ATR 112 Intro to Automation Siemens Level 1 (Course 1,2, & 4)* WLD 112 Basic Welding 192 WLD 3106 279 AWS

Questions or Comments? Angela Webb, Dean, Workforce Development Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC 336-322-2160 Angela.Webb@piedmontcc.edu Doris Carver, Vice-President, Continuing Education, Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC 336-322-2111, Doris.Carver@piedmontcc.edu Mike Cobb, Instructor, Workforce Certification Academy©, Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC, 336-322-2189, Michael.Cobb@piedmontcc.edu.