Two Tri-County Department Heads Complete NCCER Certification

CONTACT: LISA GARRETT, EXT. 1506

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/30/2003
(By Lisa Garrett)

PENDLETON --- Two Tri-County Technical College department heads completed the Instructor Certification Training Program and received a Craft Instructor certification through the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and its Master Trainer instructors.

Welding Department Head Bob Humphrey, of Starr, and Industrial Mechanics/HVAC Department Head Franklin Smith, of Greenville, completed this two-day training conducted by the CarolinasAGC at Midlands Technical College. Both are now certified to teach the Contren™ Construction, Maintenance, and Pipeline Curricula produced by NCCER. Humphrey is certified as a Welding Instructor, and Smith is certified as an Industrial Maintenance and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) instructor.

NCCER is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) education foundation founded in 1995 by 11 of the world's largest and most progressive construction companies and several national construction associations. NCCER was created to address the severe workforce shortage facing our industry and to develop standardized construction, maintenance and pipeline curricula. Today, NCCER is supported by hundreds of leading construction companies, manufacturers and national trade associations.

Students successfully trained under certified Craft Instructors will be able to be entered into a National Registry maintained by the NCCER. This registry will contain the training records of Tri-County students and provide a portable, uniform record of their accomplishments, regardless of where the training may have geographically occurred. The National Registry gives students more flexibility in their career path planning and ensures that their training accomplishments will be recognized wherever they go.

Humphrey and Smith will implement the NCCER curricula and standardized training into their individual departmental programs this fall.
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