Machine Skills Training
The training program has a delivery timetable of 179 hours. Instruction/training will be conducted at an appropriate site contingent upon the needs of the content area, availability of materials, location of instructional tools, and instructors. Potential instructional sites could include Kennametal, Lyndon Institute, St. Johnsbury Academy, or other participating partners in the training program. The 2009-2010 edition of this program will begin September and based at the Lyndon Center Campus of the Caledonia Essex Technical Education Region.
Classes/Target Skills |
Hours |
Job Planning & Management |
8 |
Written & Oral Communication |
4 |
Industrial Safety |
4 |
Technical Blueprint Reading |
20 |
Technical Mathematics |
20 |
Quality Control Measurement/ Process Adjustments & Control |
16 |
Job Execution/General Maintenance/Metal Working Theory |
50 |
Decision Making, Group Skills/ Participaion in Process Improvement |
12 |
Industrial Technical CAD |
21 |
Industrial Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) |
24 |
Total |
179 |
This training program is the result of the regional technical center and representatives from local firms reacting to a shrinking labor pool of workers adequately prepared to fill technical job opportunities in the machine tool industry. The result of this coalition is a curriculum designed to satisfy ever advancing technical requirements of incumbent and new employees seeking to reach new levels of skill development in machining. This proposal is unique to the area. There is no comparable training available. Implementation will allow employer partners to provide the related instruction required by the VT State Apprenticeship Program.
Caledonia Essex Technical Education Region is using this model as a template for the development of related programs to accommodate the needs of other industries seeking to upgrade incumbent workers or recruit newly skilled employees. We invite the commercial community to partner in the creation of modifications to this curriculum.