Upskilling Technical Jobs in Manufacturing

1. Upskilling Technical Jobsin Manufacturing Scott Sheely Executive Director Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board Ed McCann Chief Operating Officer Berks County Workforce Investment Board

2. In the last four years… • Berks and Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board sponsored two research projects using a Stay Invent the Future grant from the PA Department of Community and Economic Development; • State of technology in local companies; • Capacity of local educational institutions; • Center of Excellence in Packaging Operations formed using a US Department of Labor High Growth Job Training Grant;

3. In the last three years… • Susquehanna Valley Advanced Manufacturing Alliance formed to articulate programming in nanotechnology and mechatronics; • Eight career and technology centers; • RACC, HACC, and Stevens; • PSU, Berks campus; • RACC designated as a National Center for Integrated Systems Technology.

4. What we learned… • Roughly 1/3 of all manufacturers in the area are investing in process control technology; • Food and biotechnology industries are leaders because of their involvement in packaging; • Industrial maintenance technicians and related occupations are in short supply; • Technology requires higher-level skill sets be driven down from engineers to technicians; • Very few technical programs provide the training that is needed.

5. Industrial Maintenance Technician • Also known as… • Industrial Machinery Mechanics (49-9041.00); • Maintenance and Repair Workers, General (49-9042.00); • Maintenance Workers, Machinery (49-9043.00); • Industrial Engineering Technicians (17-3026.00); • Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers (51-4012.00).

6. Industrial Maintenance Technician • Repair or replace defective equipment; • Perform routine preventive maintenance; • Assemble, install, or repair electrical and electronic components, wiring, pipe systems and plumbing, drives, motors, and belts; • Analyze test results, error messages, and information obtained from operators to diagnose equipment problems.

7. Industrial Maintenance Technician • Basic electrical skills and circuits; • Service and repair principles; • Industrial electricity and electronics; • Automated motors and control systems; • Sensors; • Mechanical power transmission; • Fluid power (pneumatics and hydraulics); • Programmable logic controllers (PLCs); • Refrigeration; • Robotics; • Wiring installation and maintenance.

8. What is Mechatronics?

9. Mechatronics Training Project • Anchored by the Hershey Corporation and its four divisions in the region as well as its corporate engineering center; • Train 200+ Hershey industrial maintenance technicians, electricians, craftspeople, and engineers; • Curriculum was jointly developed; • Faculty from area schools participated in training with Hershey staff and, eventually, become Hershey trainers; • Educators incorporated generic skills into curricula.

10. Content • Networking (install and troubleshoot software; use of DeviceNet; use of Data Highway, TCP/IP, and ControlNet protocols); • Maintaining robots; • A variety of tasks related to process controls (calibrate, install, and repair various transmitter, gages, and switches; calibrate proportional control valves and process control loops; troubleshoot and replace transducers); • Higher level tasks related to programmable logic controllers (create and modify ladder logic; install and troubleshoot PLC hardware; create and modify alternative programming languages); • Work with human machine interface software including Wonderware, Intellution, PanelBuilder, Interact, and RSView 32.

11. Mechanical / Fluid Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Systems & Process Control Engineering Electrical / Electronic Engineering 17 14 Microcomputer Applications Industrial Electrical Systems Manufacturing Fundamentals College Success Strategies ORI 100 Math Trigonometry MAT 165 or Calculus Introduction to Shop Machinery 3 Rotating Electrical Machines 4 3 1 3 1 Introduction to PLC’s Part 1 AB SLC500 Introduction to PLC’s Part 2 SLC500 English Composition COM 121 or 122 Applied Physics or Physics I PHY 150 or 250 Or Calculus-based Physics 3 Process Control & Instrumentation Advanced PLC’s AB ControlLogix or Siemens S7 Robotics & Motion Control 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 Business Communications or Technical Writing BUS 06 or COM141 Humanities Elective PC Installation & Maintenance 3 Capstone Class Application Project- Packaging 3 The Individual & Society SOC 125 The Environment ENV 130 or 131 Integrated Manufacturing Systems 3 4 3 3 3 Courses that could be taught at HS or CTC credits AAS Degree – Mechatronics Core Educational Requirements Semester 7 69 credits 8 23 Industrial Mechanics 1 1 3 Industrial Mechanics 2 2 4 3 4 -----Key----- Courses to complete the NCIST program

12. The Final Product • An articulated 2+2+2 curriculum that can be used with students entering the workforce, dislocated workers, and incumbent workers; • In sequence… • 200 hour non-credit certificate for which RACC gives 11 academic credit hours; • Toward a 39 hour academic certificate or a 69 hour Associates degree; • Toward a Bachelors degree in Electro-Mechanical Technology from PSU

13. Industrial Maintenance / MechatronicsSchool to Work to School - 2+2+2 • Employment Practices • Safety • Introduction to basic electrical skills and circuits • Introduction to maintenance principles • Introduction to service and repair principles • Industrial Electricity • Industrial Electronics • Troubleshooting and problem solving techniques • Automated motors and control systems • Introduction to sensors • Mechanical power transmission • Introduction to fluid power – pneumatics and hydraulics • PLC basics • Basic principles of refrigeration • Introduction to robotics • Building wiring installation and maintenance Dept. of Education Sanctioned Core Topics Core CTC Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available in 8 County Region

14. Industrial Maintenance / MechatronicsSchool to Work to School - 2+2+2 • Electrical Control Circuits • Electrical Motor Control • Residential / Commercial Wiring • Industrial Wiring • Programmable Logic Controllers • Hydraulics • Hydraulic Troubleshooting • Piping Systems • Pneumatics • Pneumatic Maintenance • Electro-fluid Power • Electronic Sensors • Basic Mechanical Drives • Light duty V-belt and Chain Drives • Heavy duty V-belt and Chain Drives US Department of Labor Sanctioned – Intermediate Level NCIST-Based Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available at Selected CTC’s Core CTC Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available in 8 County Region

15. Industrial Maintenance / MechatronicsSchool to Work to School - 2+2+2 Core Education Requirements Mechanical / Fluid Power Engineering Technology Electrical / Electronics Engineering Technology Systems / Process Control Engineering Technology Computer Science & Engineering Technology Associate of Science in Mechatronics Engineering Technology 69 credits - Available at Reading Area Community College NCIST-Based Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available at Selected CTC’s Core CTC Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available in 8 County Region

16. Industrial Maintenance / MechatronicsSchool to Work to School - 2+2+2 78 Credits transferable from RACC to Penn State Bachelor of Science in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology 130 Credits - Available at Penn State Berks Associate of Science in Mechatronics Engineering Technology 69 credits - Available at Reading Area Community College CTC student may obtain 11 to 17 college credits through dual enrollment. Industrial Maintenance Certificate Program 34 credits - Available at Reading Area Community College NCIST-Based Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available at Selected CTC’s NCIST Integrated Systems Technologist Certification 200 Hours of Coursework Core CTC Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available in 8 County Region Available via CTC/RACC Dual Enrollment, RACC Classroom / Lab Study, Internet Courseware with Lab at RACC or CTC College credit may be granted for employer sponsored incumbent worker training.

17. Industrial Maintenance / MechatronicsTarget Occupations Systems Engineer Mechatronics Engineer Mechatronics Technician/Designer Maintenance Supervisor Electro-Mechanical Specialist Packaging Machinery Technician/ Designer Maintenance Technician Mechanic Electrician Maintenance Staff Bachelor of Science in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology Associate of Science in Mechatronics Engineering Technology Industrial Maintenance Certificate Program NCIST-Based Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available at Selected CTC’s Core CTC Industrial Maintenance Curriculum Available in 8 County Region

18. Industrial Maintenance / MechatronicsIncumbent Worker Training University Community College Career & Technology Centers College credit may be offered through the community college for employer-sponsored training Incumbent Worker Training Programs Customized to Employer Needs Working as a regional educational consortium, courses will be offered by the appropriate institution at the appropriate location for labs and students

19. Industrial Maintenance Training Center • 25+ companies have piloted the 200 hour NCIST training; • 140+ employees have been engaged in the training; 60 more in the pipeline; • Online training for didactic content with laboratory-based skills certification; • Assessment to give credit for prior learning; • Funded with $600,000 grant from the PA Department of Labor and Industry

20. What We Learned • Urgent need of important industries; • Demand-driven curriculum design; • Schools that listen to what industry tells them; • Bring to scale (regional project); • Stage the implementation; • Evaluation continuously; • Bring some funding to the table

21. Next Steps • Working with Harrisburg Area Community College to replicate the program and bring it to the South Central Workforce Investment Area; • Rework curriculum of National Center for Integrated Systems Technology; • Develop a national advisory committee of technology providers and end users; • Engage corporate sponsors for equipment donations; • Grow the program into the tri-state area through the biotechnology project funded by WIRED.

22. Contact Scott Sheely Executive Director Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board 313 W. Liberty St., Suite 114 Lancaster, PA 17603 717-735-0333 ssheely@paonline.com www.imtcpa.com Ed McCann Chief Operating Officer Berks County Workforce Investment Board 501 Crescent Ave. Reading, PA 19605-3050 (610) 988-1363 emccann@bccl.org