Training Industrial Technicians for Today and Tomorrow

为今天和明天培训工业技术人员

• 批准号: 2300641
• 负责人: William Freuck
• 金额: $ 34.99万
• 依托单位: National Park 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=2300641&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Training; Industrial; Technicians; Today; Tomorrow

As manufacturing continues its rapid evolution towards total automation, multiple challenges have surfaced. Regionally, these challenges include emerging and unmet industry demand for technicians skilled in multi-craft technologies, with recruitment falling short for individuals with both the aptitude and desire for the field. The demand for technicians continues to grow with 206 job postings since May 2022 with an average monthly posting of 13 jobs within the area served by National Park Community College (NPCC). This project will fill the employment gaps that currently exist in advanced manufacturing while also preparing students for positions currently unfilled or yet to be created. With guidance from employers through a Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) this project will create stackable credentials and multiple degree paths. These include opportunities for high school students to be introduced to the field initially through a formal education program, then to continue as and/or otherwise enroll new community college students in the same educational field, and finally to integrate incumbent workers in the same skills enhancements programming. Through this project, at least 20 students will be recruited to participate as high school students to earn certifications and pursue opportunities that can help them attain an associate degree. There are three opportunity zones in the vicinity of NPCC where on average 43% of residents live in poverty. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 32% of residents between the ages of 18-24 in the county where NPCC is located have completed some level of postsecondary education compared to the US average of 55%. Since the lack of postsecondary educational attainment is strongly correlated with of families living in poverty, this project offers the potential to ameliorate these conditions by focusing on recruitment of students from these opportunity zones.The goal of the project is to update and expand the current Industrial Technology program to be more aligned with industry needs. The majority of the challenges identified will be addressed and mitigated with the inclusion of industry credentialing and laboratory upgrades that integrate relevant, emerging technologies with the manufacturing industry. Additionally, faculty professional development will be critical in the overall success of these steps. Lastly, this project will also create the opportunity to incorporate alternate delivery modes by creating work-based learning opportunities in the form of internships, pre-apprenticeship, and apprenticeship programs. In addition to adding newly created credentials into the secondary school sector, thus further advancing the knowledge of high school students, multiple concentrations and “stop out points” will be available for students enrolled in the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) General Technology Degree. Stop out points include academic Certificates of Proficiency (CPs) and a Technical Certificate (TC) that can be applied towards degree attainment. 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 and region’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.

随着制造业继续向全面自动化的快速发展，多种挑战已经浮出水面。在区域范围内，这些挑战包括新兴的和未满足的行业对多工艺技术熟练的技术人员的需求，招聘缺乏对该领域有能力和愿望的个人。自2022年5月以来，对技术人员的需求持续增长，共发布了206个职位，国家公园社区学院（NPCC）服务的区域内平均每月发布13个职位。该项目将填补先进制造业目前存在的就业缺口，同时也为学生目前未填补或尚未创建的职位做好准备。通过企业和行业领导团队（BILT）从雇主的指导下，该项目将创建可堆叠的凭据和多个学位路径。这些包括高中生的机会，最初通过正式的教育计划被介绍到该领域，然后继续作为和/或以其他方式招收新的社区大学生在同一教育领域，最后将在职工人纳入相同的技能增强方案。通过这个项目，将招募至少20名学生作为高中生参加，以获得证书，并寻求可以帮助他们获得副学士学位的机会。在NPCC附近有三个机会区，平均43%的居民生活在贫困中。根据美国人口普查局的数据，在NPCC所在的县，18-24岁的居民中只有32%完成了一定程度的中学后教育，而美国的平均水平为55%。由于缺乏中学后教育程度与生活贫困的家庭密切相关，因此该项目提供了改善这些条件的潜力，重点是从这些机会区招收学生，该项目的目标是更新和扩大目前的工业技术方案，使其更加符合行业需求。通过将相关新兴技术与制造业相结合的行业认证和实验室升级，将解决和缓解所确定的大多数挑战。此外，教师的专业发展将是这些步骤的整体成功的关键。最后，该项目还将创造机会，通过以实习，学徒前和学徒计划的形式创造基于工作的学习机会，纳入替代交付模式。除了将新创建的证书添加到中学部门，从而进一步提高高中学生的知识，多个浓度和“停止点”将可用于就读于应用科学副学士（AAS）普通技术学位的学生。停止点包括学术资格证书（CP）和技术证书（TC），可以应用于学位获得。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划专注于推动国家和地区经济的先进技术领域的技术人员教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。