1. Bosch Technical Scholar—(BTS) Who are they?
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Bosch Technical Scholar—(BTS)
Who are they?
Who is Bosch? What products do they manufacture? NOT contact lens!! The Bosch Anderson Plant produces automotive parts, such as transmission control modules, O2 sensors, steering modules just to name a few. They have roughly 1200 employees, which includes about 230 technicians.

2. Program Specifics For Bosch For TCTC
Select from Mechatronics or IET student (last semester)
Full time Bosch employee from day one
14 week intense training regiment—one week (40 hours) in the training lab and the next week with a mentor on the production floor
For TCTC
Current students must attend night classes
They take the heart of the 2 year program and hone the skills even more.
Mentors = Proficient level technicians, hand selected. This is the key to success. During the weeks spent with these mentors the BTS learn “The Bosch” way of doing things, such as entering DT, ordering parts from the crib, and completing PM’s.

3. Status For Bosch For TCTC 9 classes have been conducted
35 BTS Graduates with 5 currently in the program
For TCTC
Conduct BTS INFO sessions for night students
Class size ranges from 3 to 5 BTS.
The goal is to fill the attrition rate of 1 technician per month. (235 techs total at Bosch Anderson)

4. Benefits For Bosch Pool of local qualified candidates for technicians
Curriculum has been proven to meet Bosch’s needs (IET and Mechatronics)
Great community relations by employing local students with limited experience
Great recruiting for free at the College. Flyers, Information Sessions supported by TCTC Staff
How important to industry is having a pool of qualified candidates to select from?
IET students work well in the printed circuit board departments while Mechatronic students work well in all the rest.
By hiring TCTC students without having any real technical experience helps Bosch’s relationships in the community.
FREE recruiting services at TCTC!

5. Benefits-Cont... For TCTC Job Pool for students
Direct feedback on the quality of students
Feedback on what needs to change (technology)
Bosch shares their forecast for techs with us
Invested relationship (across multiple departments)
Donations of money and equipment
Great adjunct instructors
Helps students to engage better when they know that there are jobs waiting for them.
Bosch gives us direct feedback concerning the quality of our students, even called our baby UGLY!!! They also conduct mock interviews during the Employment Skills Development class.
They provide ideas to increase the skills of the students with future technology in mind—robots, vision systems, and safety aspects.
The let us know when they plan to hire a large group or if their headcount is staying flat or declining.
Bosch HR Director and Manager has lunch with Dr. Booth and Grayson Kelly (Director of the Foundation at TCTC) which touches different aspects of TCTC—such as Fund raising, Advisory Board members, and Equipment donations.
Alan Johnson—BTS Manager, is an adjunct for TCTC. We also have used several other Bosch associates as adjuncts. (Mike Woodall, Danny Grady and Shayne Gibson)

6. Challenges For Bosch For TCTC
Staying competitive for the pool of candidates
ROI—Return On Investment for BTS
For TCTC
Keeping up with the ever changing world of technology
Switching students from Day to Night classes
Since Bosch waits until the final semester to select the students, some of the high performing students have already been selected for another company—such as Michelin or BMW.
Justifying the cost of the BTS program—training equipment, salary, insurance, etc.
For example—industry is now using safety PLC’s—how do we input this into the curriculum?
Changing from Day to Night classes is not always so easily done.

7. Future State
For Bosch
Shortened BTS class schedule—as the quality of students increases then training time could decrease