Workforce Development Center
Training and Employee Development
Licensing, certification, continuing education, and training to find the right employee for your labor requirements, in addition to retaining and growing skills are becoming increasingly important. The right employee training, development and education at the right time provides big payoffs for the employer in increased productivity, loyalty, knowledge and contribution. Learn the approaches, both in new employee orientation and transfer of training, that can guarantee a return on your investment and ensure employee loyalty.
WorkKeys
Take the guesswork out of high-stakes decisions like hiring and promoting with WorkKeys. WorkKeys is a fully integrated program developed by American College Testing (ACT) and offered through the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SiMT). The program is designed to assist employers to more accurately identify and develop specific on-the-job skills in both new and existing employees. The WorkKeys system connects job analysis, assessments, and training for employers, makes it easier to meet the requirements of federal programs and legislation, supports economic and workforce development programs, and is the basis for the Career Readiness Certificate.
Train the Trainer
Training the Trainer has become more important as companies recognize the value of lifelong learning in the workplace and the need to create highly effective training programs internally. Effective teaching is an art and a science. SiMT’s methodology provide up-to-date information on learning theory, organizing materials into effective lessons and delivering the material to produce the desired outcomes, clearly yielding immediate benefit to trainers and training supervisors.
Computer and Information Technology
Whether you are a systems engineer or an administrative professional, to advance as an information technology professional you need to keep your skill up to date. The SiMT Center for Workforce Development will help prepare you for career advancement through classroom learning, hands-on training, and certification.
The C&IT program consists of course options to give you the skills and knowledge to gain a competitive advantage in the workplace. Customize the program content to address skill gaps in your employees and specific challenges within your industry. We provide your staff with the highest level of training available, where and when it is most convenient for your team.
Training Available:
- International Computer Driver’s License (ICDL)
- Business Applications:
- Introduction to Microsoft Word
- Intermediate Microsoft Word
- Advanced Microsoft Word
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Introduction to Microsoft Access
- Advanced Microsoft Access
- Introduction to Microsoft Power Point
- Intermediate Microsoft Power Point
- Advanced Microsoft Power Point
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft Office 2007
- Introduction to Windows using Windows XP
- Introduction to Microsoft Vista
- Introduction to Microsoft Outlook
- Intermediate Microsoft Outlook
- Advanced Microsoft Outlook
- Introduction to Quickbooks
- Advanced Quickbooks
NCCER
The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) is a non-for-profit education foundation established by the nation’s leading construction companies. NCCER was created to provide the industry with standardized construction education materials, the Contren “Learning Series, and a system for tracking and recognizing students training accomplishments, NCCER’s standard National Registry.
The National Registry provides students with industry credentials and assure national portability of skills, NCCER’s has delivered over 1,500,000 credentials to construction students. The National Registry provides transcripts, certificates, and wallet cards for students of the Contren Learning Series when training is delivered through an NCCER Accredited Training Sponsor and Instructor.
NCCER Curricula’s
- Safety Orientation
- Core Curriculum
- Industrial Maintenance
- Electrical (2007 NEC)
- Electronic System Technician
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
- Instrumentation
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Plumbing
- Sheet Metal
- Welding (Arc, Mig ,Tig or AWS)
Industrial Maintenance
Investing in maintenance is always worthwhile and profitable. As the output capacity of machinery grows, the need for quality, dependable maintenance becomes more important. Maintenance training at SiMT covers all maintenance needs, from mechanics and automation to electricity. People working in maintenance are expected to do a great deal. Know-how needs to be at its peak so machines and equipment will work according to plan. Maintenance personnel must possess versatile skills as machines and equipment are constantly developing and becoming more complex. Industrial maintenance introduces trainees to what they need to know to upgrade their skills as quickly and efficiently as possible.
The SiMT offers customized integrated and hands-on training for maintenance workers in all facets of mechanical, electrical and, industrial maintenance to industries throughout the Southeast.
Training Available:
PrimeEd
PrimeEd is the first complete industrial skills training program to unite web-delivered instruction with a unique, hands-on performance evaluation method. This blended process of skills training matches individual performance objectives found in hands-on study guides with specific learning objectives found in the equivalent web-delivered instruction. Hands-on performance evaluations ensure what employees learn on from the web will translate into success on the plant floor. It’s a validation process that gives you confidence in your training investment. This highly flexible training can reduce your training costs, be delivered anytime, anywhere with a comprehensive library of on-line courses, all managed by a learning management system designed to enable you to easily track and manage progress.
