Business and Industry
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Belmont Technical College has a number of options available to
area industrial firms in the realm of training and assessment.
The structure of an Associate Degree in Technical Studies remains
the most popular. This allows the employee to concentrate on technical
options that provide him with both industrial skills and a knowledge
base in his areas of technical interests and specialization.
Employers also have the option of catalog associate degree programs
being taught at their on-site location. Courses from both the
Associate of Technical Studies (ATS) and Associate of Applied
Science (AAS) degree programs may be individually requested by
manufacturing firms. Finally, Belmont Technical College has worked
with local industry in developing assessment exams for apprenticeship
programs, as well as craft-combination efforts.
Some typical areas that Belmont Technical College has recently
been involved in for industrial training are:
- electrical circuits
- instrumentation
- hydraulics
- rigging
- statistical quality control
- programmable logic controllers
- AC and DC motors
- computer training
- welding
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Most courses in the College catalog may be presented at on-site
locations and structured as part of ATS degree programs. When industrial
requirements include lab situations specific to a particular industry,
these lab components may be developed in conjunction with the industrial
training supervisor. Apprenticeship programs may also be structured
in association with the ATS degree.
AAS degree programs presented on-site must follow the requirements
of the catalog programs. While these course sequences retain the
concept-building principles and theory of typical two-year programs,
they do not have the flexibility required by any one specific industrial
training outline. Thus, ATS degrees remain the most flexible and
effective for satisfying the training requirements of area industry.
Belmont Technical College has worked in cooperation with area
manufacturing firms to develop assessment exams for both apprenticeship
programs and craft-combination directives. These are usually very
industry specific and require the cooperation of the industrial
training director, as well as supervisors from the plant departments
involved.
To obtain more information about business and industry training
programs, contact the College at (740)695-9500 or (800)423-1188
extension 1020.
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