Presenting: Dr. Eric A Roe, Director of Engineering Technology, Principal Investigator, Director, Polk State College and Howard Drake, MBA, Program Manager, Florida TRADE/ETAM, Polk State College and Glenn Goonis, CPT, JD, Program Coordinator, ETAM, State College of Florida Description: This presentation addresses the ongoing challenge to corporate training and academia, namely linking both sides of the college to the current demands of industry via industry certifications and articulated credit ladders on the talent development pathway that provide a route to success for all learners. Additionally, the ETAM initiative was truly innovative connecting the three college consortium with curriculum development and the corresponding shared delivery allowing for the maximization of resources.

1. ETAM
Engineering Technology & Advanced Manufacturing
A US DOL CBJT funded initiative
Breaking Down the Silos—
Shared Content Between
Corporate Training &
Academics
64th Annual AFC Convention
November 13 - 15, 2013
POLK STATE COLLEGE ● TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ● STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA
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2. The ETAM Initiative - Overview
In 2010, Polk State College awarded $2.91m US DOL
Community Based Jobs Training Grant award, the
Engineering Technology/Advanced Manufacturing Initiative
• Partnered with Tallahassee Community College and
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
• Goal: To bridge the gaps between advanced
manufacturing employers, unemployed workers, and ASdegree seeking students using:
• Joint development and delivery
• Industry Certifications and latticed credentials
• Technology-based learning

3. How
Created and deployed a model for effective and efficient
credentialing is built from the following elements:
• shared, common curricula (built from industry
needs and competency maps with laddered
credentials);
• delivered with Technology-based Learning
(cloud-based services) with basic student support
services; and
• credentialed by colleges and employers through
alignment with national industry certifications tied to
articulation pathways to college credit & employer
hiring and promotion practices

4. Why?
Employers need skilled workers
Large number of unemployed workers &
underskilled candidates
Updated course content needed on both
the academic and non-credit sides
Desire to align with national industry
certifications
Value in collaboration to create effective
and efficient delivery systems

5. Advanced Manufacturing is a Major Economic
Driver in the State
• Accounts for $36.7 billion of the total output in
the state
• Responsible for 85% of Florida’s exports
• Average Annual Compensation in Manufacturing
$62,859
• Compensates 54.8% higher than other sectors
in the state.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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6. Manufacturing Jobs Require Higher Skills
Manufacturing Employment by Skill
Group, 2003 through 2010
Index 2003=100
115
High
110
105
100
Mid
95
Low
90
85
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Sources: Chmura Economics & Analytics and Current Population Survey.
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7. “With thousands of jobs available, but a lack
of skilled and appropriately educated and
trained workers, one of the critical
impediments to greater manufacturing
success in Florida is an industry-ready
workforce.”
- Steve Lezman – Chair, AIF Manufacturing-Aerospace-Defense
Council
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8. Previous Approaches
Silos – Intra-Institutional (For-Credit or Non-credit) & InterInstitutional (service boundaries)
On-the-job training – reduced because of slim margins
Vocational Career Centers – programs going away due to
changing technology & changes in funding
Community colleges – frequently AA focused
Registered apprenticeship - programs often too long

9. The ETAM
• Development of courses to be deployed for
both credit and non-credit providing value to
Solution today’s workforce and employers
• Create linkages to national, portable,
stacked and latticed industry certifications
• Demonstrate industry certification-based
articulation (local and statewide) of training
completion with college credit
• Demonstrate the value of inter-institutional
partnerships to create, share, and deploy
educational and training materials
• Delivery via technology-based learning and
hybrid courses to meet participants needs
• Identify benefits of partnerships with local
workforce boards to provide training grants
to assist industry offset their non-credit
training costs

10. The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 1
Collaboratively developed content for industry-defined
competencies through industry certification alignment
• Non-credit training (resulting in industry certifications)
were integrated and articulated to credit-bearing
programs
• Training and education pathways designed for stackable
skills and credentials
• Each college partner developed content based on their
strengths and core competencies
• Both classroom and cloud-based learning models were
considered during development

13. The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 1
(example)
• Prepared workers for exams leading to nationallyrecognized certification in advanced manufacturing
• Manufacturing Skill Standards Council’s (MSSC)
Certified Production Technician (CPT)
• Statewide articulation agreement provides awardees
15 credit hours (roughly a $1500 tuition value)
• Applies to AS degree in Engineering Technology
• Recognized at 11 community and state colleges
in Florida
• Program taught to unemployed and incumbent workers

14. A.S.
Degree
(Eng.
Tech.)
Eng. Tech.
B.S.
Degree
Statewide
Articulation
Industry
Certification
(i.e. MSSC)
Incumbent
Training
Programs
Instructor
Training
EntryLevel
Training
Programs

15. The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
Inter-institutional shared delivery via technology-based
learning
• Non-credit training was delivered via online synchronous
sessions
– One college delivered the course (hosted the instruction)
– All college partners could enroll participants at their institution
• Joint course marketing materials were developed and
then customized for each college
• Participants had local student support services for all
classes (irrespective of which college hosted the course)
• Resulted in high-quality, high-touch, low-cost courses that
meet local needs & align with national industry
certifications

16. The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
• Specifically the partner colleges created ten classes
• Major subject matter areas:
–
–
–
–
Quality
Instrumentation and Automation
Mechanical and Electrical
Robotics
• All classes can be delivered in non-credit corporate
training classes and utilized in credit-bearing courses

17. • Introduction to
Process
Instrumentation
(ISA)
• Fundamentals of
Process Control
(ISA)
• Safety
Instrumented
Systems – Design,
Analysis, and
Justification
(ISA84)
• Surface Mount
Technology (IPC)
• Electrical
Technology (ISCET)
• CNC Machine
Operator (NIMS)
Robotics
• Bronze Lean
Certification
(ASQ/Shingo/SME)
• Mathematics for
Instrumentation
Technicians (ISA)
Mechanical/Electrical
• Certified Quality
Improvement
Associate (ASQ)
Instrumentation
QUALITY
The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
• Robotics
Applications
(FANUC)

18. The ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2
(marketing)

20. ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 (Common
equip.)
• All college partners purchased the same lab equipment for
hybrid components
• Equipment brings new hands-on opportunity to new and
existing courseware
– MAS-200 Robotic Work Cell from SMC
• Electronics / Mechatronics
• Pneumatics
• PLC’s and networking
– V-Flash Rapid Prototyping Machine (3-D Printing)
• Shared with ET students, art students, and industry
• Creates working models quickly
• One instructor (from host college) with three locations
through out the state

21. ETAM Solution – Value Add No. 2 (Common
equip.)

22. Value Add No. 2 (Cont’d)
Industry
Feedback
Review
Graduate
Success
Incorporate
into Existing
Cert’s and
Degrees
Industry
Certification
Alignment
Technical Workforce
Training Remains
Current with Industry
Requirements
Provide
Professional
Developmen
t
Develop
Update
Training
Leverage
Experts for
Content

23. ETAM Solution - Value Add No. 3
• Institutional Collaboration
– Intra-institutionally (for-credit & non-credit)
– Inter-institutionally (college to college)
• Workforce Collaboration
– Funding
– Recruitment
– Placement
• Scalability

24. Benefit No. 3 (Cont’d)
• Unemployed Workers recruited by workforce boards
• Tallahassee, Polk County, and Sarasota/Manatee
work together with the colleges to recruit unemployed
workers
• Students are screened with Florida Ready to Work
(Work Keys) to ensure they can keep up
• Dedicated career specialists work with local employers
to place graduates (Avg. starting wage in our regions
is over $16/hour)
• Workforce boards can pay for training using WIA funds
• Both unemployed and employed workers are enrolling in
college, something that many students had not previously
considered

25. ETAM Deliverables
June 2013:
• Served 995 participants
• 982 completed training activities
• 288 received their MSSC certification
• 473 received an advanced manufacturing certification
• 45 have earned (or are in process of earning) their AS in
Engineering Technology
• 230 have gained employment or promotions due to training

26. Scalability & Replication
• TAACCCT round 2 funding for “Florida TRADE”
• The ETAM developed curriculum leveraged and deployed by
the 12 college consortium
• Shared course deployment via Technology Based Learning
[TBL] utilized to reduce costs and increase efficiencies
• Industry certification based training is the new standard for
workforce skill development
– MSSC CPT is the entry point pathway for employment and
articulated college credit
• Training and educational pathways are aligned
• Development and deployment of asynchronous methodology
to increase flexibility

27. ETAM Breaking Down the Silos:
Shared Content Between Corporate
Training and Academics
Contacts:
Eric A. Roe, PhD - ERoe@polk.edu, 863-669-2838
Director of Applied Technology, Polk State College
Principal Investigator, US DOL ETAM Initiative
P.I. / Director, Manufacturing Talent Development Institute (ManufacturingTDI)
Howard Drake, MBA - Hdrake@polk.edu, 863-297-1010 x4086
Program Manager, ETAM Initiative @ Polk State College
Glenn Goonis, JD., CPT, Program Coordinator @ State College of Florida
Rick Frazier, Co-PI, ETAM Initiative @ Tallahassee Community College