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2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORTIN LAURENS COUNTY

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

ENROLLMENT OVERVIEW

Economic Development andContinuing Education Training:

Credit Enrollment:

Dual Enrollment:889

967

78

Laurens County Annual Snapshot

In the last full academic year, Piedmont Technical College enrolled 6,572 students in 103,324 credit hours.

STATISTICS:*OUTCOMES:

PLACEMENT:

AREAS:

OUTCOMES:

county of residency

graduate

graduate

employment

transfer

1

5

2

63

74

8

Credit Curriculum: 9%; Continuing Education: 11%

Credit Curriculum: 3%; Continuing Education: 2%

Credit Curriculum: 5%; Continuing Education: 1%

Credit Curriculum: 13%; Continuing Education: 24%

Credit Curriculum: 31%; Continuing Education: 31%

Credit Curriculum: 6%; Continuing Education: 1%

Credit Curriculum: 15%;Continuing Education: 12%

Credit Curriculum: 19%; Continuing Education: 18%

abbeville

mccormick

edgefield

newberrygreenwood

saludalaurens

out of area/state

1

5

2

6

7

4

3

90

94% placement*

Total Transferable Credits Earned: 3,722 Students who started their coursework at PTC and transferred to a four-year institution: 55Estimated cost savings for families in Laurens County: $1,132,490**

4925

Associate Degrees:Diplomas:Certificates:

Here are a few examples of where our graduates found employment:

• CNC Machinist, ZF Transmissions

• CAD CNC Designer, Southeastern Products

• Occupational Therapy Assistant, NHC-Clinton

• Police Officer, Laurens County Sheriff’s Department

• Patient Technician, Laurens County Memorial Hospital

• Licensed Practical Nurse, Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Home

*Placement rate is based on job and continued education placement for PTC graduates. **Based on the average cost per credit hour in S.C.’s public colleges and universities, vs. PTC’s cost per credit hour in Laurens County.

CAPITAL INVESTMENTFrom 2012 through 2016, PTC has invested $726,777 in Laurens County. These funds represent improvements in facilities, equipment and infrastructure.

*Based on fall 2016 enrollment dataTop destination schools for PTC students include:• Lander University• University of South Carolina• Clemson University• Newberry College• Anderson University

CREDIT PROGRAMS OFFERED IN LAURENS COUNTY: In addition to 22 credit curriculum programs offered in Laurens County, 80+ credit programs are available through a combination of campus-based, online, and distance learning. All of these programs can be started at the Laurens County Higher Education Center, or at the Laurens County Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

Advanced Manufacturing• Electrical Maintenance Technician

• Industrial Electronics Technology

• Maching Tool CNC Precision Operator

• Manufacturing Production Technician

• Mechatronics Technology

• Precision Metrology

Business and Information Technology• Accounting

• Business Administration

• Entrepreneurship

• Office Management

• Office Technician

• PC Technician

Public Service• Criminal Justice

• Early Childhood Development

• Infant Toddler Care

Nursing and Health Science• Practical Nursing

• Emergency Medical Technician

• Health Care Certificate

University Transfer and Bridge Programs• Associate in Arts

• Associate in Science

• College of Charleston Collaboration

• Columbia College Bridge Program

• Lander University Bearcat Bound Bridge Program

• Newberry College Bridge Program

• University of South Carolina Bridge Program

• USC Aiken Bridge Program• USC Upstate Bridge Program

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Alupress

• Applied Ceramics

• Asten Johnson

• Body Cote

• Brawo

• CCL Label

• Ceramtec

• Continental-Emitec

• DW Fine Pack

• Fisher Barton

• Flame Spray

• Fukoku

• Inteplast

• Kimura

• LCSWC

• Lacks Trim

• Milliken

• Mogul SC

• NICCA

• Norboard

• PL Developments

• Plastic Plate

• Presbyterian Home

• RAI

• REMA

• Rich Products

• Shaw Industries

• Teknor Apex

• UTI

• Walmart

• Yanfeng Auto Interiors

• ZF Transmissions

In addition to credit curriculum programs, Piedmont Technical College offers a wide variety of on-demand training options to businesses and organizations in Laurens County through our Economic Development and Continuing Education Division. We offered the following types of classes to organizations in Laurens County this year:

COMPANIES WE’VE WORKED WITH THIS YEAR:

• 1st Aid CPR AED BB Path

• 1st Aid w/Adult CPR & AED

• 2-Day SPC Refresher-Machining

• 2-Day SPC Refresher/Assembly

• 2K Blender Set Up Training

• 3-Day SPC Basic Training

• 3-Day SPC Refresher

• 8D Problem Solving

• AHA BLS Healthcare Provider

• Accu-Chill Jack Driver Training

• Advanced GD&T Training

• Air Sac Remover

• Allergen Species Cure Washdown

• B & D Skinner Operator

• B & D Skinner Utility Training

• Bacon Oven Loader Training

• Bacon Stuff Horn/Release Agent

• Bacon Utility Training

• Basic EMT

• Basic PLC Training

• Batching Meat Management

• Big Joe PIT Training

• Blast Freezer RTE Training

• Blast Operator Training

• Blender Operator

• Blender Set up Training

• Blondie Grader / Palletizer Training

• Blondie Labelers Training

• Blondie Packer

• Bottom & Top Film Training

• Bulk Box Maker

• Bulk Pack Scaler

• Bulk Pack Training

• CFS Evolution Training

• CNC Lathe Refresher Training

• CNC Training

• CO2 Blender Operator

• CO2 Jack Operator

• Cartoner Operator Training

• Cashin Bacon Slicer Operator

• Catalyst Contingency Plan

• Cert & Re-Cert Method Training

• Chalk Painting 101

• Chemical Safety Training

• Chicken Line Attendant

• Clean 10K & 6K Blenders

• Clean COP Tank Parts Training

• Clean Chiller ACS System

• Clean Equipment in Cop Vat

• Cleaning Evisceration Line

• Cleaning Picker Room Training

• Cleaning Scalders

• Cleaning Training

• Cleaning Zero Tolerance Area

• Cleaning the Sanitation Tools

• Closer Operator

• Communication Skills Training

• Condensation Wiper Training

• Cone Hanger

• Control Equipment Tech Grade A

• Converting Press Training

• Conveyor 11 Jack Driver Training

• Cook Room Clerk

• Cook Room Material Handler

• Cook Room Utility Training

• Cooler Attendant Training

TYPES OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OFFERED:

TYPES OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OFFERED (continued):

• Crepaco/Emulsitator Set up Training

• Crop Puller Training

• Curwood Packaging Machine

• Cut Over Shoulder

• DMG/Mori Milltap Training

• De-Racker Training

• Disposal of Offal

• Draw Hand Training

• Drop Drum Training

• Evisceration Shackle Cleaning

• Excel Intermediate

• Expose Wishbone Training

• Fancu-Handling Tool Operator Programming

• Fanuc - Adv TPP Programming

• Final Trimmer/Hang Back Training

• Finishing Dept Training

• Floor Drain Cleaning Training

• Forklift (Train-the-Trainer)

• Forklift Driving & Safety Training

• Forklift Truck Training

• Formax 180 Plus Training

• GMP’s Further Process

• Grader/Palletizer

• Grader/Palletizer - Pouch Pak

• Grinder Tear Down Training

• HACCP Monitor/Verifier

• Hand Cut Misfires Training

• Hand/Earmuff/Helmet Wash Process

• Hanger Training

• Harvest Turkey Fries

• House Inspector Training

• Hydraulics & Pneumatics Training

• Hydroflaker Training

• Identifying Contamination

• Inspec Tenderloins Training

• Inspector / Trimmer

• Inspector Training

• Introduction to SPC

• Jack Cleaning Procedures

• LEAN Training

• LOTO Procedures

• Lift, Stack Pallet Procedures

• Loosen/Pull/Load Tenderloin

• MST Clerk Training

• Macerator Operator Batch Training

• Machine Adjuster Training

• Machine Changeover Procedure

• Maintain Cooler Conditions

• Maintenance Training

• Mastercam Training

• Material Handler Rework Grinder

• Meat Block Documentation

• Meat Inspection RTU Training

• MegaSlicer Operator Training

• Mepaco Cleaning Procedures

• Mepaco Operating Procedures

• Motor Controls

• Nitrate Testing

• Non-Allergen to Allergen Process

• Nursing Assistant

• OEE Procedures Training

• OSHA 10-Hour Training

• OSHA 30-Hr General Industry

• OSHA General Industrial Training

• Operation of Rapid Pack Line

• PIT Certifier Guide Training

• POSS Inspect

• POSS Operations Documentation

• Packer (Pouch Pak)

• Packer Training

• Pallet & Rider Jack Training

• Plate and Knife Check

• Printing Press Training

• Project Management

• Proper Equipment Wash

• QCD Translator Training

• RSI Prevention for Leaders

• RTE Knife Program

• Rack Loading Training

• Rack Washer Training

• Raw Batching Clerk Training

• Raw Stuffing Clerk Training

• Re-Hang to Schackle Training

• Reading a SAP Ticket Training

• Reconditioning Pallets Training

• Rework Product

• Rework Product Blondie Lines

• Rework Product Pouch Pak & VP

• Reworking Product

• Rock Inspector Training

• SC Manufacturing Certification

• SPC Refresher Assembly Training

• SPC Refresher-Machining Training

• SWF Box Maker

• Salvage Rework Training

• Sanitation Safety/Chemical Training

• Sanitation Attendant

• Sanitation Pre-op Inspection

• Setting Up-Grinder Training

• Shipping & Receiving Security Requirements

• Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training

• Slipsheeter Training

• Spice Inventory Control

• Spice Room Attendant

• Stand Up Lift Training

• Stretch and Blink Breaks

• Stuff Supply Training

• Tank Cover Placement & Removal

• Tank Pasteurizer Training

• Tank Scraper Training

• Tank Washer Training

• Team Building

• Ticketing Procedures Training

• Train-the-Trainer

• Trash Handler Training

• Wing Inspection Training

Today, apprenticeship programs can be found in such industries as advanced manufacturing, information technology, energy, tourism, transportation and logistics as well as health care, just to name a few. Apprenticeship programs are administered through a partnership between Piedmont Technical College, Apprenticeship Carolina, and local business and industry.

Continental Automotive Systems• Industrial Maintenance Repairer

CVS Caremark Store # 03557 • Pharmacy Support Staff

Laurens High School• Machine Tool Technology

Norbord• Electrician• Maintenance Technician

Shaw Industries, Inc.

(Anderson Hardwood Floors)• Electrician/Industrial

Maintenance Technician

ZF Transmissions• CNC Operator• Machine Operator• Manufacturing Technician II• Manufacturing Technician III

APPRENTICESHIPS:

REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS:

ReadySC ProgramEstablished in 1961, readySC™

is one of the oldest and most

experienced workforce training

programs in the United States,

and is a division of the South

Carolina Technical College

System. readySC works together

with the 16 technical colleges

to prepare South Carolina’s

workforce to meet the needs of

companies in your region. Recent

readySC work includes:

• Alupress

• Flame Spray

• Mogul

PTC STUDENT TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARD FUTURE WITH DUAL ENROLLMENT

Austin Francis is looking toward the future and a successful career that will last. For the 2017 Clinton High School graduate, the dual enrollment classes he took from Piedmont Technical College were the first steps to that future.

“A friend’s dad was teaching at the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) and he was telling us how manufacturing is moving into robotics,” Francis said. “Mechatronics deals with robotics and I knew that would be a good field for me.”

While at Clinton, Francis completed 13 hours toward the mechatronics technology degree. This fall, he is enrolled in the mechatronics program at PTC and he said the dual enrollment classes helped him get a head start on his degree.

“It’s so much better learning hands-on in the lab,” he said. “It taught me more by doing it than just learning from a book.”

Francis has his eye on a career at ZF Transmissions and the dual enrollment classes have helped open that door. He was recently accepted into the apprenticeship program at ZF.

“They work with your school schedule,” Francis said. “It’s on-the-job training as well as learning in the class.”

STUDENT PROFILE

20162017

IN REVIEWYEAR

LANDER UNIVERSITY AND PIEDMONT TECH TO OFFER ENHANCED BRIDGE PROGRAMPiedmont Technical

College students

who are planning to

transfer to Lander

University will have a

smoother transition

and more because

of a new agreement

between the two

colleges.

A historic agreement, the Bearcat Bound Bridge Program

is a dual admissions partnership between Lander and PTC.

After a student is admitted into the Lander transfer track at

Piedmont Tech, there is now a process in place that will

usher them through the admissions process at Lander —

guaranteeing admission to Lander University as long as

transfer requirements are met by the student while at PTC.

The program will provide prospective transfer students

who meet the minimum GPA requirement of a 2.0 and

a minimum of 30 hours of college-level coursework

with advising and academic support for a guaranteed

transfer of credit from PTC to Lander. Additionally,

students who transfer to Lander before completing an

associate degree will be able to easily transfer credit

back to PTC to complete that credential while working

toward their bachelor’s degree.

Participants will also benefit from an array of services that

will improve their transition from PTC to Lander. They

will be issued a Lander University student identification

card, which gives students access to all campus facilities,

including the fitness center, pool and other on-campus

amenities, as well as free entrance into sporting events

and fine arts performances. Students will also have

access to dual academic advisement by professionals at

both PTC and Lander.

PIEDMONT TECH GOING ‘SOFT’ TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO WORK HARDIt’s one thing to know how to do a particular job. It’s

another thing to know how to work.

Piedmont Tech is making sure students acquire these

key “soft” skills along with technical and academic

knowledge through its Work Ethics Skills program.

Through the program, faculty will be incorporating

concepts such as attitude, listening and punctuality

into regular coursework and assessing students on

how they perform.

The program goes to the heart of PTC’s mission, according

to Jennifer Lopes, a PTC foreign language instructor and

co-chair of the Work Ethics Skills Committee.

“We not only give our students a quality education, we’re

preparing them for the workforce,” Lopes said. “Meeting

the needs of the community is also part of our mission, so

it’s a nice partnership.”

“We heard what industry had to say,” added Dr. Jack

Bagwell, PTC vice president for academic affairs. “We

have always addressed soft skills, but based on the

feedback we’ve gotten, we want to do it in a more

concentrated fashion.”

CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CONTINUES TO EXPANDThe latest expansion of the Center for Advanced

Manufacturing on the Laurens Campus is nearing

completion. Building upfits will add two new labs

and 4,800 square feet of new construction will create

flexible training space that local industry can use to

collaborate with Piedmont Tech.

“If a company needs us to conduct specialized

training or use specific equipment, we’ll have space

dedicated for that,” said Rusty Denning, PTC’s

associate vice president for economic development

and continuing education.

CAM opened in 2012 and has grown to more than

40,000 square feet through subsequent expansions.

2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORTIN LAURENS COUNTY

Piedmont Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status in its admissions policies, programs, activities or employment practices.

For information on tuition and fees, program length, graduation rates, placement rates, and median loan debt, visit www.ptc.edu/employment.

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