Preparing Manufacturing Technicians for the Challenges of Industry 4.0

让制造技术人员做好应对工业 4.0 挑战的准备

• 批准号: 2300650
• 负责人: Doug Parrish
• 金额: $ 30.62万
• 依托单位: Edgecombe Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2300650&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Manufacturing; Technicians; Challenges; Industry

Due to the fast pace of technological advancements in the manufacturing industry, employers have identified a need for more highly-trained manufacturing technicians. Desired skills for manufacturing technicians now include data acquisition, computer integration, machine maintenance, and troubleshooting. This project from Edgecombe Community College (ECC) will align the existing Manufacturing Technology degree and Electrical Systems Technology diploma with the current and emerging Industry 4.0 needs of local manufacturing employers in Edgecombe County and an adjacent jurisdiction, Nash County. Over this three-year project, ECC plans to recruit and enroll up to twenty students who will be on track to complete these programs, and obtain industry recognized credentials along the way. ECC faculty will participate in certified professional development from the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) to better prepare them to enhance the curriculum at ECC. Through continuing education classes, ECC will engage with incumbent manufacturing technicians who are in need of re-skilling. To address the under- and unemployment of populations in Edgecombe and Nash counties who are underrepresented in their pursuit of careers in manufacturing, the college will collaborate with the Tar River Area Boys and Girls Club to actively recruit teens with an aptitude towards technical and science topics, specifically Black male teens, and on-site mentoring with peer student mentors.The overall goal of this project is to meet the needs of manufacturing employers in Edgecombe and Nash counties with respect to emerging workforce skills in maintenance and troubleshooting. ECC intends to grow the skilled technical workforce with recruitment efforts that will include under-employed incumbent manufacturing workers and high school graduates. These students will benefit from a focused STEM curriculum tailored towards the data-intensive needs of Industry 4.0 which relies increasingly on smart sensors, cloud computing, data acquisition, and cloud analytics. ECC intends to enroll forty to sixty individuals over three years and engage ECC faculty to complete the training necessary to deliver this curriculum. Each cohort of high school students and incumbent workers will be able to complete five courses in the first year of this project, which can ultimately result in a Manufacturing Technology degree. Students may gain additional relevant experience as they participate in available internships. Initial course completers may be eligible to enter the workforce or continue to complete the Manufacturing Technology or Electrical Systems Technology degree program. Through an actively engaged Advisory Board, ECC faculty and administration will pursue additional workforce engagement opportunities to ultimately improve employment outcomes for ECC students. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education Program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced technology fields that drive the nation’s economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

由于制造业技术进步的快速步伐，雇主已经确定需要更多训练有素的制造技术人员。现在制造技术人员需要的技能包括数据采集、计算机集成、机器维护和故障排除。Edgecombe社区学院（ECC）的这个项目将使现有的制造技术学位和电气系统技术文凭与Edgecombe县和邻近的纳什县当地制造业雇主当前和新兴的工业4.0需求保持一致。在这个为期三年的项目中，ECC计划招募和招收多达20名学生，他们将按计划完成这些课程，并在此过程中获得行业认可的证书。ECC的教师将参加制造技能标准委员会（MSSC）的认证专业发展，以更好地为ECC的课程做好准备。通过继续教育课程，ECC将与需要再培训的现有制造技术人员进行接触。为了解决埃奇科姆县和纳什县的贫困人口和失业人口的问题，这些人口在追求制造业的职业生涯中所占的比例不足，学院将与塔尔河地区男孩女孩俱乐部合作，积极招募对技术和科学主题有天赋的青少年，特别是黑人男性青少年，并与同龄学生导师进行现场指导。该项目的总体目标是满足Edgecombe和Nash县制造业雇主在维护和故障排除方面新兴劳动力技能的需求。ECC打算通过招聘工作来增加熟练的技术劳动力，其中包括未充分就业的现任制造业工人和高中毕业生。这些学生将受益于针对工业4.0数据密集型需求量身定制的STEM课程，该课程越来越依赖于智能传感器、云计算、数据采集和云分析。ECC计划在三年内招收40至60名学员，并聘请ECC教师完成课程所需的培训。每一批高中生和在职工人将能够在这个项目的第一年完成五门课程，最终获得制造技术学位。学生可以通过参加实习获得额外的相关经验。最初完成课程的学生可能有资格进入劳动力市场或继续完成制造技术或电气系统技术学位课程。通过积极参与的咨询委员会，ECC的教职员工和管理层将寻求更多的劳动力参与机会，最终改善ECC学生的就业结果。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。