FHTC offers manufacturing skills certificate
Flint Hills Technical College
Friday, July 31, 2009
Flint Hills Technical College is once again offering the Manufacturing Skills Certificate for the fall 2009 semester. The Manufacturing Skills Certificate consists of six training modules. Each module is approximately 20 classroom hours and prepares students for a specific aspect of employment in the manufacturing industry.
The modules include:
Manufacturing Mathematics—divided into five interrelated units. The units will cover the necessary skills for business and industry.
Geometric Dimensions and Tolerances—a critical skill for manufacturing. The module will cover the basics of GD&T to include symbology, interpreting, form and orientation tolerances as well as profile, run out and location tolerances.
Print Reading—divided into eight units, the print reading class gives students a great baseline to work with as they move into a company and product specific prints. The module reviews symbology, print lines, symbols, multiple views, section views and incorporating dimensioning and tolerances.
First Aid/AED CPR and the OSHA 10 hr. Certificate (Safety Module)— Students will earn the AHA or ARC First Aid,CPR and AED certificate as well as the OSHA 10 hour safety certificate for general industry.
Employee Skills and Employer Expectations—Upon completion of this module, students will possess a basic understanding of the essentials of a business. They will be able to identify various general types of business structures, their layers of management and the roles required to enable a business to be successful. This course is designed to create an awareness in the student of those traits that maximize the student’s potential employability or promotion. It will offer steps to magnify the best employability skills the student already possesses and also improve the skills in which the individual may be weak.
Precision Measurement—This course introduces the student to measurement fundamentals, measurement tools, concepts/terms and upon completion of the certificate the student will posses improved communication and team work skills, will be capable of discussing technical aspects of manufacturing processes, will be capable of self-analyzing individual strengths as they compare to employer needs, and will have the ability to monitor personal weak areas and make improvements.
The six-credit-hour Manufacturing Skills Certificate will be offered during the fall semester, September 15 through December 17 from 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. For more information or to enroll, call 800-711-6947 or 343-4600.
redcross (anonymous) says...
To remain in compliance and learn to properly perform CPR and First Aid and using an AED Device, Emergency University offers full certification in half the time of a traditional class in the comfort of your own home. Their website is www.emergencyuniversity.com
August 3, 2009 at 4:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
old_soldier (anonymous) says...
Wow, that's where I would want my caregiver to learn lifesaving skills. Does the Shamwow guy teach the classes?
August 3, 2009 at 7:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hotshot (anonymous) says...
Actually, old_soldier, many studies (including AHA and Red Cross) have shown that blended learning is more effective.
For example:
"Education researchers from Harvard University confirmed that multimedia training was superior to traditional AHA classroom training. Todd KH, Braslow A, Brennan RT, et al: Randomized, controlled trial of video self-instruction versus traditional CPR training. Ann Emerg Med March 1998; 31:364-369", and,
"Researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of Washington confirmed that a 30 minute multimedia CPR training program is more effective at training adults between 40 and 70 years of age than the traditional 4-hour instructor led classroom training. Lynch B, Einspruch E, Nichol G, Becker LB, et al. Effectiveness of a 30 min. CPR self-instruction program for lay responders: a controlled randomized study. Resuscitation. October 2005;67 (1):31-43."
I think it's great!
August 5, 2009 at 2:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
old_soldier (anonymous) says...
Having been in medical education for the last 20 years and a field practitioner for even longer, you can take all the on line stuff you want. However, the AHA still requires you to attend a practical hands on evaluation for a healthacre provider level activites. Besdies, the AHA is not a shining example of "medical education" either. They have dumbed down thir courses to the point where they are no more than a "stamp" that some practitioners need to keep a job.
I have seen first hand the products of these fly-by-night first aid courses, and they are pitiful. There is no comparison to learning on a computer versus getting first hand information from EXPERIENCED educators and practitioners. Everyone wants to take the easy way, and it definitely shows in thier skills.
August 5, 2009 at 3:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
This is talking about skills in manufacturing not "care giving". I am in manufacturing and have been given "care" by people that have gone through similar classes, it is sufficient. I was a combat life saver in the Army and took a 40 hr. coarse in order to be one. Did I have the skills to be a medic? Not even close. Could I have maybe kept a fellow soldier alive till one got there? Maybe. The chances were better with the little training I recieved than without. Same thing in the manufacturing field. I have been wanting to comment on this article but have bit my tongue till now. This is great that they are teaching people these skills, we all can't be this "in medical education for the last 20 years and a field practitioner for even longer". Some of us just have to work and can't be so picky about what we do. Is that OK? Apparently not in our education worshiping society.
August 5, 2009 at 5:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
old_soldier (anonymous) says...
A poster identified on-line first aid training that requires no skills tests or evaluations. That is what I was addressing. I know most of the medical instructors at FHTC, and they are excellent at what they do (they teach the first aid).
And no, if your going to administer medical care to others at ANY level, you need proper training.
August 5, 2009 at 11:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
Right on seriouslyfolks.....you the man!
The only thing I wonder about these programs is where these people are going to find work on graduation.....China? That's where our "brilliant" corporate leaders have sent most all of the manufacuring jobs.
August 6, 2009 at 8:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )