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A partnership led by Hillsborough Community College seeks to ensure the skills of Florida workers are as modern as the microchips, metals and medical devices they make. Thanks to a $500,000 grant from Workforce Florida, Inc., five of the state’s 28 community colleges have joined together to create the Employ Florida Banner Center for Manufacturing. Other consortium members are: Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey and Polk Community College in Lakeland. Based at Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon campus, the Employ Florida Banner Center for Manufacturing is one of the first programs in the U.S. to develop curricula to prepare students, workers and prospective employees for the new national certification in manufacturing—the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council’s Production Technician Certification. Like the certification, new curricula developed this year by the Employ Florida Banner Center will focus on knowledge and training in four areas: quality assurance, maintenance awareness, manufacturing processes and safety. All of the college partners will become certified test centers for the national certification. The Employ Florida Banner Center also is taking the statewide lead in creating, coordinating and providing skills upgrade training based on needs identified by Florida manufacturers. The program expects to train its first 150 workers by this summer. Industry representation on the Advisory Council includes executives from Colomer USA, Duratek Precast Technologies, IsoAid, Jabil Circuits, Florida Natural Growers, Manufacturers Association of Florida and Tropicana Products, Inc. For additional information, click
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