The Lone Star College Energy and Manufacturing Institute got a big green
light on Thursday as the Lone Star College System Board of Trustees approved
funds to hire a firm for architectural design of permanent, dedicated
facilities.
The Lone Star College Energy and Manufacturing Institute will be constructed as a two-level, 80,000 square-foot facility at the Lone Star College-University Park campus at State Highway 249 and Louetta Road. Currently, EMI staff members and instructors work from space at LSC-University Park and the other Lone Star Colleges.
“Our Energy and Manufacturing Institute provides hands-on, job-related training that puts people back in the workplace quickly,” said Dr. Richard Carpenter, LSCS chancellor. “This is outcome-based training – we know the oil and gas industry needs trained technical workers, and we’re helping to fill that need.
“Our students leave here with specific marketable skills,” said Dr. Carpenter.
The EMI was developed by LSCS and Lone Star Corporate College in response to the national, state and local talent gap in the oil and gas, alternative energy, and manufacturing and mechanized (automated) production industries. Customized training has been ongoing since the institute was formed in 2011.
This talent gap has been called the “big crew change” and is caused by retirement of current workers and company expansions to more worldwide locations. The problem is aggravated by the lack of in-house training programs for technical workers in many large oil and gas and related manufacturing companies, creating extreme difficulty filling technical positions.
A 2011 benchmark study by Schlumberger Business Consulting outlines an “outflow of more than 22,000 senior key petro-technical professionals (in the energy and production industries) by 2015.”
The new EMI building will allow LSCS to expand its current offerings to address those needs from local and regional employers. The building will include dedicated lab space along with a specialized high-bay instructional area designed to accommodate additional energy sector workforce training programs – from training for basic entry-level personnel to training office personnel needed in exploration and production companies.
New programs involving advanced technical and manufacturing skills such as petroleum geographic technician, petroleum field service technician and electronic assembler will complement existing programs in CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machining, welding, logistics and supervision.
Other training at EMI includes the popular engineering technology program, where students learn a combination of technical skills that prepare them to work on and with equipment integrating electronics,This machine is a combination of purlin machine and knot removing machine. mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics and computer controls.
Aligning with Houston energy and energy-related employers to develop the right solutions based on industry-defined competencies and assessment is the key to filling current talent gaps caused by the big crew change. This customized training offered at EMI for corporations includes certification programs, and pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training – all designed to satisfy state and national industry standards.
The Lone Star College Energy and Manufacturing Institute will be constructed as a two-level, 80,000 square-foot facility at the Lone Star College-University Park campus at State Highway 249 and Louetta Road. Currently, EMI staff members and instructors work from space at LSC-University Park and the other Lone Star Colleges.
“Our Energy and Manufacturing Institute provides hands-on, job-related training that puts people back in the workplace quickly,” said Dr. Richard Carpenter, LSCS chancellor. “This is outcome-based training – we know the oil and gas industry needs trained technical workers, and we’re helping to fill that need.
“Our students leave here with specific marketable skills,” said Dr. Carpenter.
The EMI was developed by LSCS and Lone Star Corporate College in response to the national, state and local talent gap in the oil and gas, alternative energy, and manufacturing and mechanized (automated) production industries. Customized training has been ongoing since the institute was formed in 2011.
This talent gap has been called the “big crew change” and is caused by retirement of current workers and company expansions to more worldwide locations. The problem is aggravated by the lack of in-house training programs for technical workers in many large oil and gas and related manufacturing companies, creating extreme difficulty filling technical positions.
A 2011 benchmark study by Schlumberger Business Consulting outlines an “outflow of more than 22,000 senior key petro-technical professionals (in the energy and production industries) by 2015.”
The new EMI building will allow LSCS to expand its current offerings to address those needs from local and regional employers. The building will include dedicated lab space along with a specialized high-bay instructional area designed to accommodate additional energy sector workforce training programs – from training for basic entry-level personnel to training office personnel needed in exploration and production companies.
New programs involving advanced technical and manufacturing skills such as petroleum geographic technician, petroleum field service technician and electronic assembler will complement existing programs in CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machining, welding, logistics and supervision.
Other training at EMI includes the popular engineering technology program, where students learn a combination of technical skills that prepare them to work on and with equipment integrating electronics,This machine is a combination of purlin machine and knot removing machine. mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics and computer controls.
Aligning with Houston energy and energy-related employers to develop the right solutions based on industry-defined competencies and assessment is the key to filling current talent gaps caused by the big crew change. This customized training offered at EMI for corporations includes certification programs, and pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training – all designed to satisfy state and national industry standards.
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