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RAMTEC Ohio Training Secondary Instructors to Award Industrial Credentials

Ohio’s latest opportunity to help close the two million skilled workers that will be needed to close the Manufacturing Gap was successfully implemented this past summer at the Marion area Tri-Rivers Career Center’s Robotics Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaboration known as (RAMTEC). Nine RAMTEC Ohio facilities have been completed through a $14,955,000 Ohio Department of Education grant called the Straight A Fund. These sites are all modern “state of the art” facilities that have the latest and most advanced manufacturing tools from our largest automation and robotic suppliers.

RAMTEC was created to provide a technically trained, highly skilled workforce to promote the creation and expansion of business and industry through robotics and advanced manufacturing technologies. Over the next decade, it is estimated that nearly 3.5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs will be needed and 2 million of those jobs are expected to go unfilled due to manufacturers’ inability to find talent with the required skills. These numbers dramatically underscore the importance of introducing as many people as possible to the significant role played by manufacturing in Ohio and the entire nation.

More than 50 RAMTEC Ohio secondary and adult career technology instructors from these nine facilities completed more than 2000 hours of industrial credentialing courses that enables them to award credentialing courses to our next generation of manufacturing technicians and engineers starting this fall. They are training in the same advanced training rooms that more than 200 manufacturing technicians have trained in robotics, hydraulics and Programmable Logic Controls since the Marion RAMTEC center opened for training in February of 2014. The other sites are Miami Valley, Great Oaks, Penta, Pioneer, Tolles, C-TEC, Portage Lakes and Cuyahoga Valley.

Each site will have credentialed training in FANUC and Yaskawa Motoman Robotics, Allen-Bradley and Mitsubishi PLCs, Parker Hydraulics and FANUC CNC. All RAMTEC sites will also receive 3D printers, Laser engravers, Vex Robotics labs, Arduino Digital Manufacturing Kits that will serve a dual role in their labs and in their new mobile lab based trailers.

Students from more than 120 school districts will have access to the RAMTEC training centers. Because of the partnership with these leaders in the manufacturing field RAMTEC will continue to have the latest training equipment that will enable students to learn to use the latest equipment used in the highly competitive manufacturing careers.

by Ritch Ramey  – RAMTEC Ohio Coordinator

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RAMTEC Ohio to present in Dallas

RAMTEC Ohio will be presenting “How RAMTEC Ohio Developed an Industrial Training Partnership with Seven Billion Dollar Corporate Partners” in Dallas at the National Career Pathways Network.

The RAMTEC Center in Marion, Ohio, created a training program that developed a collaboration of nine schools and spent three years developing industrial training programs that help engage, recruit and award industrial credentials to high school and college students and adult workers.

Ritch Ramey, RAMTEC Coordinator, said, ” In this presentation our staff/partners will share ways to develop training partnerships and programs. We will also discuss industrial training programs and discounted equipment and software now available to schools, colleges, and adult education providers. Also presenting with Ramey, will be Mark Edington, RAMTEC Instructor; Bob Graff, Yaskawa Motoman, Miamisburg, OH; and Tad Douce, META Solutions, Marion, OH. They present  Thursday, Oct. 29 in Dallas at National Career Pathways Network. The Dallas Convention Center is sold out!

2nd & 3rd FT Precision Classes Certified

Congratulations to the 2nd and 3rd class of employees from FT Precision, Fredericktown,  Ohio, to complete the FANUC Robotics Certification.

FT Precision is a Tier 1 supplier to Honda. They employee around 400-500 and currently use FANUC Robotics and FANUC CNC “Robo Drill” for their production automation process.

FT Precision has committed to utilizing RAMTEC as their training source for Robotics and CNC  education.

Above 2nd Class of FT Precision graduates include: Row 1, left to right: Ron Birchfield, Cory Evans, Bill Buchanan and Jeremy Knauer. Row 2, left to right: Matt Spencer, J.R. Otto, Zach Snyder, Ryan Traicoff, Mike Hite, Chris Moreland, Carl McMahon and Instructor Mark Edington.

Below: Third Class of FT Precision Graduates: Row 1, left to right: Jim Townsend, Jim Naber, Levi Tomlin, Michael Hoffman, Kevin Schlairet, Instructor Mark Edington. Row 2, left to right: Joseph Greenleaf, Gene Moore, Richard Dallinghaus, Chuck Winter, Michael Holt, Nolan Deakins and Dustin Thomas.

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RAMTEC Robotics Camp Set For August in Richland County

Screen Shot 2015-06-29 at 9.19.50 AMAs RAMTEC continues to grow and expand to meet the needs of Ohio, additional Robotics Camps are being scheduled, including one in Richland County for 7th-12th graders at North Central State’s Kehoe Center in Shelby for youth in that area.

The robotics camps develop teams for upcoming regional, stateside and global competition.

To register for the robotics camp, go to Pioneer Career and Technology Center’s website or call 419-347-7744, extension 42207.

The cost of the camp is $30.

Students will receive a t-shirt, snacks, and lunches each day, and possibly a future high-paying career in manufacturing robotics.

A  news conference was held Thursday, June 25 in Richland County at the Area Agency on Aging to announce the new Vex Robotics camp for youth in this area, patterned after the Marion Tri-Rivers/RAMTEC successes. Richland County is modeling its RAMTEC based on successful efforts at the training site at Tri-Rivers Career Center in Marion, Ohio. The robotics program is coming to students at  Pioneer & Technology Center this fall. The classes will be at the North Central State College Shelby Kehoe campus.

“The new RAMTEC Ohio site in Shelby will be a great addition to enhance manufacturing education in North Central Ohio. Students in grades 7-12 and adult students will be able to get the latest industrial training in “state of the art” training facility,” said Ritch Ramey RAMTEC Ohio Coordinator. “The RAMTEC Vex Summer Camp will be  give students the opportunity to see industrial robots and build, program and compete with Vex Robotics equipment.”
 

 

 

 

 

Ohio Educators get 21st Century Manufacturing Skills Certifications

Ohio’s latest opportunity to help create the one and a half million workers that will be needed to close the Manufacturing Gap is being implemented this summer at the Marion area Tri-Rivers Career Center’s Robotics Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaboration known as (RAMTEC). Nine RAMTEC Ohio facilities are being built through a $14,955,000 Ohio Department of Education grant called the Straight A Fund. These site are all modern “state of the art” facilities that have the latest and most advanced manufacturing tools from our largest automation and robotic suppliers.More than 50 RAMTEC Ohio secondary and adult career technology instructors from these nine facilities are taking part in industrial credentialing courses this summer that enables them to award credentialing courses to our next generation of manufacturing technicians and engineers starting this fall. They are training in the same advanced training rooms that more than 150 manufacturing technicians have trained in robotics, hydraulics and Programmable Logic Controls since the Marion RAMTEC center opened for training in February of 2014. Other sites at Miami Valley, Great Oaks, Penta, Pioneer, Tolles, C-TEC, Portage Lakes and Cuyahoga Valley will all open this fall.

Each site will have credentialed training in FANUC and Yaskawa Motoman Robotics, Allen-Bradley and Mitsubishi PLCs, Parker Hydraulics and FANUC CNC. All RAMTEC sites will also receive 3D printers, Laser engravers, Vex Robotics labs, Arduino Digital Manufacturing Kits that will serve a dual role in their labs and in their new mobile lab based trailers that will enable them to take their training equipment to fairs, middle schools, trade shows and recruitment events.

At Tri-Rivers we were able to start our RAMTEC center in 2013. This made it possible for us to lead the way on establishing partnerships through our 10 year history of helping to host in the community Vex, BOEBOT, Lego, and the National Robotics Challenge. We have hosted area, state and national robotic events through our partnerships with Yaskawa Motoman Robotics,SME EF, Marion Technical College, TRECA (now META Solutions), Whirlpool Corporation, OSUM, Honda of America and RobotWorx. The next step was to create a facility that would allow our students to get real world industrial training that would help our area manufacturing get workers that could be “floor ready.”  RAMTEC is that solution.

Students from 256 school districts in Ohio can take these courses from the 7th to 12th grade at the nine new RAMTEC centers.  

This summer and next summer we will be continuously training teachers to create a team in Ohio that will give our students the opportunity to get real world experience as well as earn certifications and credentials that will be highly recognized on their resume when they graduate to the world of work. Students will be exposed to manufacturing career opportunities starting in the 7th grade with Vex Robotics through summer camps and events at the RAMTEC sites as well as trailer based exposure to the latest industrial equipment.

Many more developments from RAMTEC are in the works that will allow even more online and hands on access to industrial training for those looking for college credit in our training courses.

Ritch Ramey
RAMTEC Ohio Coordinator
rramey@tririvers.com
740-360-8156

Ritch Ramey
RAMTEC Ohio Coordinator
rramey@tririvers.com
740-360-8156

RAMTEC's mission is to provide a technically trained, highly-skilled workforce to promote the creation and expansion of business and industry through robotics and advanced manufacturing technologies. Login