Increasing Technician Preparedness in the Built Environment

辛克莱社区学院的这个项目的重点是为社区大学生，包括代表性不足的人群，提供掌握STEM能力和雇主所需的行业标准的机会，并提高毕业生在各种“建筑环境”工作中的就业能力。随着当今建筑业日益复杂，建筑技术员的职业变化迅速，该项目将通过将关键的STEM和行业标准从建筑文档技术员(CDT)证书嵌入到两年制教育计划中，来改变副学士学位计划。之所以选择CDT证书，是因为它被雇主视为受人尊敬的入门级证书，并解决了本科教育中的重大差距。在业界的大力参与下，全国40名大学教职员工将为注册建筑技术员和建筑管理副学士学位的本科生开发和传播新的课程模块，从而促进劳动力发展。该项目将促进社区学院教职员工的专业发展。超过1900名社区学院学生不仅将受到该项目的影响，而且项目成果也将传播到其他在建筑环境中有教育项目的机构。有针对性地将重点放在使学生群体多样化是该项目的一个优点，对学生和毕业生求职者的直接价值也是如此，他们将能够更好地向雇主证明自己的知识和技能。长远的结果将是一个更多元化的劳动力，更好地满足建筑环境专业人员的需求。

This project from Sinclair Community College has a focus on providing community college students, including under represented populations, an opportunity to master STEM competencies and industry standards in demand by employers, and to increase graduate employability in a variety of "built environment" jobs. With architecture technician occupations changing rapidly due to the growing complexity of today's construction industry, this project will transform associate degree programs by embedding critical STEM and industry standards from the Construction Document Technologist (CDT) certificate into two-year education programs. The CDT credential was chosen because it is recognized by employers as a respected entry-level credential and addresses significant gaps in undergraduate education.With a strong involvement from industry, workforce development will be enabled by involving forty college faculty nationwide to develop and disseminate new curricular modules for undergraduate students enrolled in architectural technician and construction management associate degree programs. The project will enable professional development of community college faculty and staff. Not only will over nineteen hundred community college students be impacted by this project, but project outcomes will also be disseminated to other institutions with educational programs in the built environment. The targeted focus on diversifying their student populations is a strength of the project, as is the direct value to students and graduate job-seekers who will be better able to certify their knowledge and skills to employers. The long-term outcome will be a more diversified workforce that better meets the needs of built environment professions.