Developing a Technician Training Program for the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce

为先进制造劳动力制定技术人员培训计划

• 批准号: 2201692
• 负责人: Danelle Maxwell
• 金额: $ 34.57万
• 依托单位: Ozarks Technical Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2201692&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Technician; Training; Program; Advanced

As the manufacturing sector in the United States continues to evolve, the need for a highly skilled workforce is increasing. As a result, the nation is experiencing a critical shortage of trained professionals who have the skills required to function in an advanced manufacturing environment. This project will improve and expand technical training opportunities in advanced manufacturing at Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC). As one of the few programs of this kind in the Midwest, this program will provide both the workers that employers are searching for as well as establishing an educational pipeline for students interested in manufacturing. Exploration opportunities for K-12 students will be developed to build interest in manufacturing trades. Students who gain an interest in automation through one of OTC’s tours or summer camps will have the opportunity to earn a degree in advanced manufacturing. These will then be qualified to fill one of the high-demand positions in advanced manufacturing available at area employers. This project has two overarching goals, 1) improve and expand automation and robotics instruction for manufacturing at two-year colleges, and 2) increase the awareness of automation and robotics career pathways for secondary students. The resulting programs, developed with input from industry stakeholders, will focus on critical areas such as robotic programming and maintenance, integration of programmable automation controllers into the manufacturing process, and development of IT infrastructure to support automated systems. To address the gap in skilled workers, the program will develop a secondary to post-secondary talent pipeline, utilizing a layered approach to begin building interest in automation and robotics early in high school. The program will develop a series of experiences that allow secondary students to develop an interest in the field. This method will allow multiple entry points and varying levels of involvement to develop a workforce prepared for the needs of Industry 4.0.This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

随着美国的制造业不断发展，对高技能劳动力的需求正在增加。结果，国家正在严重缺乏受过训练的专业人员，这些专业人员具有在高级制造环境中运作所需的技能。该项目将在Ozarks技术社区学院（OTC）的高级制造业中改善和扩大技术培训机会。作为中西部的少数此类计划之一，该计划将为雇主正在寻找的工人提供服务，并为对制造业感兴趣的学生建立教育管道。将开发K-12学生的探索机会，以建立对制造业的兴趣。通过OTC的旅行或夏令营之一，对自动化感兴趣的学生将有机会获得高级制造学位。然后，这些将有资格填补当地雇主可用的高级制造中的高需求职位之一。该项目具有两个总体目标，1）改进和扩展两年级大学制造的自动化和机器人技术指导，以及2）提高对中级学生的自动化和机器人职业途径的认识。由行业利益相关者的投入开发的结果计划将重点关注关键领域，例如机器人编程和维护，将可编程自动化控制器集成到制造过程中，以及开发IT基础架构以支持自动化系统。为了解决熟练工人的差距，该计划将利用分层方法开始对高中初期开始对自动化和机器人技术的兴趣，从而开发次要的专上人才管道。该计划将开发一系列经验，使中学学生能够对该领域产生兴趣。该方法将允许多个入口点和不同水平的参与来开发为行业4.0准备准备的劳动力。该项目由高级技术教育计划提供资金，该项目的重点是用于高级技术领域的技术教育，该领域推动了国家经济的驱动。该奖项通过评估NSF的法定任务，反映了NSF的法定范围，该奖项对基金会的构成构成的支持，并在基金会上被视为概括。