Schedule your required OSHA training now for the New Year

HazWoper 24 Hour
You will learn about hazardous waste, regulatory overview, operational hazards, chemical exposure and health effects, and Hazwoper standards for the professional. Course covers hands-on demonstrations of protective equipment and field instruments and simulated exercises in field situations. This course is for those involved with hazardous waste site operations, remediation workers, first responders, environmental health [...]

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$650 Thousand in Grants Awarded for Union Robotics Facility

AdvanceSC has awarded SCC-CCE three grants for building, equipment and training for the regional robotics facility to be located on Highway 176 outside of Union across from the LSP industrial site. In September, $248,550 was awarded for the building, and in November, a second alliance grant of $250,000 was awarded. In addition, SCC received a [...]

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College Credits for Continuing Education Blended Courses

Jeff Hunt, academic instructor, and Terrill Brown, continuing education intructor with Spartanburg Community College, will meet with  instructors from area technical colleges on Monday to explore the possibility of making college credits available for courses offered through PRime ED, NCCER, and Amatrol.  Greenville Tech, Piedmont Tech and Tri-County Tech will also attend.
Prime Ed offers industrial [...]

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Maintenance Apprentices Learn Electro-Mecanical Craft

Maintenance Technicians from Goodyear, Barnet Polymer, and Mrs. Smith’s Bakery are learning hands-on theory and troubleshooting skills that relate directly to their jobs. This training helps them to advance in the company, and it saves the company downtime and fees for outsourcing.
“Maintenance is like a puzzle,” says Marvin Tedder, apprenticeship instructor. “We like to do [...]

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Mechatronics - a new name for learning advanced manufacuring

Mechatronics is the latest term for training multi-skilled technicians, using Time and motion study, Total Quality Management, kaizen, or other programs that cross-train operators and maintenance workers in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic processes as well as trouble shooting, predictive maintenance, and PLC programming. The word was invented by a Japanese man in 1969 to [...]

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Terrill Brown Attends Mechatronics Training in Toledo

SCC C&CE Instructor Terrill Brown spent last week in Toledo, Ohio with instructors and industrial maintenance supervisors learning the needs of the automotive manufacturing industry.  Coming from Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky, attendees discussed integrating mechatronics trainers into the industrial maintenance classroom. Students need electrical and mechanical skills in pneumatics and hydraulics before they begin programming [...]

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A Cool Million (and a Quarter) from AdvanceSC

At the BMW Zentrum today, AdvanceSC handed a large check to the board of the Upstate Alliance for Technical Training. The check itself was the usual kind for photo-ops–about 30 inches x 60 inches–but the amount was more impressive: one and a quarter million dollars made available for grants.
Partners in the Upstate Alliance are Tri-County [...]

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Free Training in Industrial Manufacturing

Learn the basic skills required for advanced manufacturing technology occupations.
Presented by Spartanburg Community College
January - March, 2008
Classes held Monday - Thursday, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. At Career Source, Union, SC
High School Diploma or GED required by start of class
Job Fair at completion of class.  
* To complete an application and register for an assessment visit:
Career [...]

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FESTO Presentation in Union

On November 15th, Tony Oran of Festo Corporation, based in Hauppage, NY,  will make a presentation to the Union County Council, Union City Council and the representatives of Spartanburg Community College (SCC), the University of South Carolina at Union (USCU), and Florence Denmark Technical College (FDTC).  Festo manufactures both equipment for advanced manufacturing and for [...]

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AMATROL: Industrial Quality Hands-on training

is the world’s leader in skill-based, interactive technical learning. Our comprehensive learning solutions range from engaging high school students in the learning of basic science and math to teaching hands-on skills in the latest, highly sophisticated motor drives. Our interactivity, both in equipment and computer-based learning solutions, integrated with strong alignment to industry needs [...]

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