ERIC Number: ED380165
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 14
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Itawamba Community College and Tecumseh Products Company, Inc.: A High Performance Work Force Development Partnership.
Itawamba Community Coll., Tupelo, MS.
Since 1976, Mississippi's Itawamba Community College (ICC) and Tecumseh Products Company (TPC) have maintained a cooperative relationship providing the firm with support and services stemming from ICC's Skill/Tech One-Stop Career Center. The support offered to TPC has included the following: (1) since 1976, 105 pre-employment classes have been held for more than 900 prospective employees; (2) adult basic education classes have been offered in-plant since 1985; (3) apprenticeship training curricula has been developed for electronic technicians, manufacturing technicians, tool and die makers, and tool grinders; (4) between 1986 and 1990, TPC and ICC engaged in employee upgrade training and retraining programs to help employees cope with production changes; (5) since January 1991, TPC has received more than $271,257 in state support for customized training and more than $1.75 million is planned for 1995; (6) ICC has offered leadership and management training programs for TPC employees since 1991; (7) technical training based on credit courses offered at the college; (8) ICC and Mississippi State University have created 3 videotapes which have trained over 600 employees; (9) a cooperative summer employment program provides quality temporary summer employees for TPC while giving ICC students hands-on experience; (10) ICC faculty spend 4 to 6 weeks working in the plant during the summer; and (11) generous donations from TPC's Herrick Foundation have allowed ICC to develop the Center for Advanced Manufacturing Technology. A chronology of programs offered and data on TPC staff trained are appended. (KP)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Itawamba Community Coll., Tupelo, MS.
Identifiers: Customized Training; Itawamba Community College MS; Tecumseh Products Company


