Join us for an information session to find out more about the SC Manufacturing Certification and how to qualify for free training!
100% FREE with funding from the South Carolina General Assembly. Students are only required to pay a $20 fee for drug screening and a background check.
"Made in the USA" is making a comeback and as a result manufacturing is booming. The growth in manufacturing is creating jobs--not just jobs, but good jobs. These are in-demand jobs with good wages and benefits.
Are you up for the job?
Are you looking for ways to increase your employability? Are you looking for career change? Maybe you're fresh out of school or the military and new to the workforce?
South Carolina Manufacturing Certification will give you the skills you need to be successful in the growing industry!
Benefits of South Carolina Manufacturing Certification
You will learn essential skills for high-demand jobs in advanced manufacturing. While you are at it, you will also receive an industry-recognized national certification. By the end of the program, you will increase your employability for high-demand well-paying jobs by:
- Earning an industry-recognized national certification - Certified Production Technician
- Mastering the soft and technical skills essential for in-demand jobs in advanced manufacturing
- Understanding what it takes to work effectively in a manufacturing environment
- Fully comprehending the importance of continuous improvement in the manufacturing process
- Grasping the essential skills needed to gather, interpret, and use data consistently and accurately to make decisions and take action
- Improving your fundamental communication skills (writing, reading, speaking, listening) to meet the needs of the workplace
- Increasing your safety awareness and honing your ability to recognize and address safety hazards in the workplace
- Sharpening your basic math abilities
- Learning to measure properly using a wide variety of measuring instruments
- Enhancing your use of hand and power tools
- Learning to read a blueprint effectively without error and within tolerances
Components of the SC Manufacturing Certificate
This program consists of 200 hours including:
- classroom training
- hands-on skill training
- production simulation
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- OSHA - general industry
Get Started!
In order to be eligible for the scholarship funding associated with this program. You must:
- attend an information session.
- have a silver level WorkKeys certification.
- be unemployed or underemployed. However, an individual who is currently employed but would like to "re-career" in the manufacturing sector is eligible.
- successfully pass a drug screen background check to be eligible for scholarship funding.
- be a South Carolina resident and at least 18 years of age.
- must have a high school diploma or GED
Register to Attend an Information Session!
Location: Union County Advanced Technology Center, Room 107B
May 19 - 11 am - 12:30 pm
May 19 - 4 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: BMW Training Center Room 311, Tyger River Campus
June 16 - 11 am - 12:30 pm
June 17 - 3 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: L. Hoke Parris Business Center Room 209A, Cherokee County Campus
Aug 11 at 11 am -12:30 pm
Aug 12 at 11 am - 12:30 pm
Register Online Now!
For more information contact Kenny Parker at (864) 592-4367 or email at [email protected].
