WELCOME TO THE PALMER TRADES CENTER Belinda L McFerrin By PresenterMedia.comPresenterMedia.com

 Classes began in January, 2014  Offer courses to fill skills gap local employers need  Form partnerships with local businesses  Search for job opportunities for students  Offer high school students skilled trades options TRADES PROGRAM OVERVIEW

NCCER Electrical Apprenticeship Levels 1 to 4 MSSC Certified Production Technician (CPT) NCCER Welding Levels 1 & 2 TRADES PROGRAM CLASSES High School Trades

PAST ENROLLMENT NCCER Electrical Apprenticeship ( ) Level 1 – 40 Level 2 – 12 Level 3 – 7 Level 4 – 6 NCCER Welding (2014 Spring – 2015 Spring) Level 1 – 48 Level 2 – 11 MSSC Certified Production Technician (2014 Spring – Spring 2015) 29

MSSC CPT Current Enrollment - 12 Critical production functions: o Safety o Quality Practices & Measurement o Manufacturing Processes & Production o Maintenance Awareness o SCC provides opportunity to earn a Career Readiness Certification.

NCCER Welding Welding Level 1 – Enrollment 23  Mastery of basic welding skills  Safety  Metal Cutting and fitting  Skills using recognized industry processes Welding Level 2 – Enrollment 12  Builds on Level 1  Physical characteristics and mechanical properties of metal  Gas metal & flux cored arc welding  Interpreting welding drawings Students will be prepared to work in entry-level positions.

NCCER Electrical Apprenticeship Levels 1 to 4  Basic theory and practice of the electrical trade.  Offered in partnership with the Sandhills Association of Electrical Contractors  Taught by NCCER-certified trainers and overseen by a master NCCER trainer  Completion of Level 4 student can test for journeyman’s card. Current Enrollment: Level 1 – 11 Level 2 – 8 Level 3/4 – 7 (4 level 3; 3 level 4)

SCC PARTNERS

GOLDEN LEAF FOUNDATION Grant for Hoke Campus Mechanical trainers Pneumatic trainers Hydraulic trainers Electrical Controls Trainers Simulated filling stations New grant for expansion of Palmer Trades Center

PALMER FOUNDATION  Remodel old maintenance building  Addition for new classroom  Funding support for new Palmer Trades Center expansion

VICTOR TECHNOLOGIES Welding Machines Plasma Cutter

UNILEVER Has employed SCC MSSC Certified Production Technician students: Garrett Cooper (far left) Kelly Stancil (purple shirt) Bruce Stancil (far right) Endorses the Manufacturers’ Skills Standards Certified Production Technician(MSSC) Program as a quality training program.

DUKE ENERGY Virtual welder Flexible Manufacturing Systems Automated Technology Series Equipment Industrial Electrical & Electronics Basic PLC’s PLC Operations & Troubleshooting

FUTURE  Second Duke Grant is providing lab equipment for automation technology classes – Industrial Electrical & Electronics/PLC Operation and Troubleshooting.  Newly awarded Golden Leaf Grant and Palmer Foundation Grant will make possible expansion of the Palmer Trades Center to house new Manual and CNC Machining programs.  Future plans are to offer additional CPT classes, new programs in Industrial Maintenance, Manual and CNC Machining, Automation Technology, Robotics, and Integrated Systems.