Faculty Development for Technician Education in Welding, Materials Joining, and Non-Destructive Testing

在工业中，对认证焊接、材料连接和无损检测技术人员的需求越来越大，这是有据可查的。查塔努加州立社区学院与地区行业和ATE国家焊接教育和培训中心(Weld-ED)合作，正在通过提供教师发展来应对这一挑战，为地区社区学院教师和高中焊接教师提供招聘战略和必要的知识和技能，为学生在关键需求领域获得国家认可的技能认证做好准备。该项目的一个主要目标是通过专业发展讲习班和后续活动提高这些焊接教师的知识，这些活动涉及先进材料连接的原则以及焊接和焊接检验认证的标准。虽然为教师提供了专业发展研讨会，但培训的好处是深远的。大约有15个机构(高中、2年制和4年制大学以及职业中心)在该学院所服务的区域内提供焊接指导。这些机构的学生，其教师参加讲习班，受益于编写的教学材料，并提供给所有参与者。接触焊接检验的学生可以选择攻读工程技术方面的应用科学(AAS)副学士学位，专业方向是无损检测技术。通过与田纳西大学查塔努加分校(UTC)的衔接协议，获得工程技术AAS学位的个人可以在UTC继续深造，攻读工程技术管理学士学位。无论是选择获得焊接或焊接检验认证，还是寻求获得大学学位，个人的职业前景都得到了改善。学院提供21个工程技术专业，培养先进技术领域的技术人员，包括焊接工程技术和无损检测。该学院的无损检测项目已获得Abet工程技术认证委员会的认可，该委员会被公认为在应用科学、计算、工程和工程技术教育方面确保质量和激励创新的全球领导者。该学院是美国第一所也是唯一一所获得这一殊荣的机构。该项目通过调整Weld-Ed课程资源来利用学院的专业知识，以提供教师发展，更新和扩展该地区的焊接、材料连接和无损教育，并增加行业中可用的国家认证技术人员的数量。学员还将获得针对目标课程和方案的招生战略和资源。

There is a well-documented and growing need in industry for certified welding, materials joining, and nondestructive testing technicians. Chattanooga State Community College in collaboration with regional industry and the ATE National Center for Welding Education and Training (Weld-Ed) are addressing this challenge by providing faculty development to equip regional community college faculty and high school welding instructors with recruitment strategies and the necessary knowledge and skills to prepare students for nationally recognized skills certifications in critical need areas. A key goal of this project is to advance the knowledge of these welding instructors through a professional development workshop and follow-up activities that address the principles of advanced materials joining and the standards for welding and welding inspection certification. While the professional development workshop is being offered to instructors, the benefits of the training are far-reaching. Approximately 15 institutions (high schools, 2- and 4-year colleges, and vocational centers) provide welding instruction within the region served by the college. Students in these institutions, whose instructors participate in the workshop, are benefitting from the instructional materials developed and provided to all participants. Students who are introduced to welding inspection may choose to pursue an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Engineering Technology with a concentration in Nondestructive Testing Technology. Through an articulation agreement with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), individuals who earn an AAS degree in Engineering Technology may continue their education at UTC in pursuit of a baccalaureate degree in Engineering Technology Management. Career prospects are being enhanced for individuals regardless of whether they choose to earn welding or welding inspection certifications or seek to obtain college degrees.The College offers 21 engineering technology programs that prepare technicians in advanced technology fields, including Welding Engineering Technology and Nondestructive Testing. The Nondestructive Testing program at the college has been accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET that is recognized as the worldwide leader in assuring quality and stimulating innovation in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology education. The college is the first and only institution within the United States to earn this distinction. This project is leveraging expertise at the college by adapting Weld-Ed curriculum resources to provide faculty development that is updating and expanding welding, materials joining, and nondestructive education in the region and increasing the number of nationally certified technicians available to industry. Participants are also being equipped with strategies and resources for student recruitment for the targeted courses and programs.