1. 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

2. 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

3. PCC Person Campus Caswell Campus Roxboro, NC Yanceyville, NC

4. 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

5. Implementation of the Workforce Certification Academy© at PCC
Staff attendance at the WorkKeys Conference in 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

6. Certified Production Technician
CPT
Premier program
Initiated in February 2012
Funded through NC Rural Center’s Community Mobilization Grant
$70,000 for Jan 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

7. 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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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 program year

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

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

15. Hydraulics Training System at the WTC

16. 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

17. 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 for 18 community colleges sponsored by grant statewide

18. Support from Local Employers

19. 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

20. Siemens Level I Equipment Electrical

21. Robotics with Siemens Controls

22. Electro-Hydraulics

23. 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

24. MSSC CPT Skills Boss

25. Mechanical Trainer

26. Mechatronics Learning System

27. Employer Support of WorkKeys WorkKeys in Program Delivery

28. 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

29. 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

30. Questions or Comments?
Angela Webb, Dean, Workforce Development Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC
Doris Carver, Vice-President, Continuing Education, Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC ,
Mike Cobb, Instructor, Workforce Certification Academy©, Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC, ,