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Teaching Technicians

Teaching Technicians

HI-TEC Conference

Austin, TX

July 21-24, 2013

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The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program endeavors to strengthen the skills of technicians, whose work is vitally important to the nation’s prosperity and security. In ATE centers and projects, community colleges have a leadership role and work in partnership with universities, secondary schools, business and industry, and government agencies to design and carry out model workforce development initiatives. The publication ATE Centers Impact 2011 describes the effort and impact of the ATE centers.

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FACES OF ATE

VOICES OF INDUSTRY

Our training partnership with the Advanced Technological Education program is on target to grow by 30% each year over the next 3 years, yet we anticipate a need for a 40% increase in our workforce. The SMART Center [Southeast Maritime and Transportation Center] is poised to do just that - help us grow our maritime workforce.

VOICES OF INDUSTRY

The SEMI Foundation’s High Tech U program, produced with the MATEC Center (Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center), enables high school students to see real possibilities for careers in high tech. The opportunity they have to experience active learning creates a “Wow” factor. They see that what they learn in school translates to real life.

VOICES OF INDUSTRY

This country was built by welders and somewhere along the line we lost our focus . . .

We’ve lost some of the basics that made this country great . . .

Welding is a skill, it’s a skill as much as anything else in this country. But for some reason, I don’t know where, working with our hands suddenly became a detriment.

VOICES OF INDUSTRY

The importance and value of strong technical education programs is critical to the success and survival of industry today as it faces an aging technical workforce. The Power Careers Program interns enrolled in the SC ATE [South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence] program are enabling us to address our skilled technician workforce gaps.

VOICES OF INDUSTRY

Because of the increased demand for qualified technicians, laboratory personnel, and engineers in the field of composites and materials manufacturing, the Boeing Company is fully committed to the success of the MatEd Center. Public awareness of career opportunities in materials and advanced manufacturing is increased by MatEd’s presence.

VOICES OF INDUSTRY

The relationships and the learning shared by the AMTEC [Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative] partners are encouraging and rewarding. It is remarkable that the UAW [United Auto Workers], GM, Ford, Toyota, BMW, and others can sit in a room and work together openly and cooperatively with our college partners in the interest of developing the best technical workforce in the world.

VOICES OF INDUSTRY

It seems like fun and all games, but what has really been enacted here is leadership. You’ve created a cohesive team around a project that is STEM-based, that has a vision to it and applies skills and aptitude to something that says you need to give back. The beauty of the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing and the entire Advanced Technological Education program is that you are planting seeds for a future that isn’t yet built.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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