Cedar Valley College (CVC) and its Business and Technology Division announced they are a new grantee in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. The grant totals nearly $200,000 for a project entitled “Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing Program,” under the direction of Dr. Ruben Johnson, Executive Dean of the Business and Technology Division.
The three-year grant will take effect on September 1, 2015. The mission is to provide a high quality education that furthers regional economic development, enhances the quality of life in the region, and supports students’ marketability in the global economy. The Mentor-Connect project, formed out of Florence-Darlington Technical College’s South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, supported CVC’s grant application.
The Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing Technology program is a Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) licensed career program designed to develop marketable logistics, supply chain management, and manufacturing skills to be used in operations, warehousing, production, inventory control, distribution, and, transportation. This program will provide diverse career pathways into cross-functional occupational fields (logistics and manufacturing). Texas is second only to California in meeting the supply and demand needs for Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
CVC will address the short-term supply/demand by:
– Offering industry certification courses for CLA, CLT, and CPT (40 hours) certificates through Continuing Education in 2 weeks or 4 weeks hybrid (fast track) format.
– Developing three Level 1 certificates (Logistics Distribution, Inventory Control, and Production Process Technician).
– Enabling high school students and other individuals to matriculate through three Level I certificates toward an AAS degree, and later acquire a BAAS degree.
Due to the creation of the International Inland Port in Southern Dallas County, there is an increased number of job opportunities in the growing fields of logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, purchasing, and production: Supply Chain Management (418), Logistics (558), Warehousing (151), Manufacturing Technician (613), Production Technician (373), and Production Supervisor (979).
