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Industry training directors and administrators from community colleges in eastern North Carolina have been coming to Central Carolina Community College's Industry Training Center at the Lee County Innovation Center to experience the simulated work environment (SWE) and other workforce training programs. They then share this information with industries they work with. Pictured (from left) certified SWE trainer Bob Jones, Dr. Doris Carver, vice president of Continuing Education at Piedmont C.C., Dr. Peter Wooldridge, interim vice president for Corporate and Continuing Education at Durham Technical C.C., and Laura Coffee, dean of Continuing Education at Rockingham C.C., observe as David Pritchett, coordinator for Business and Industry at Guilford Technical C.C., practices assembling a mock-up of a skid steer loader. SWE is one of many training programs provided by CCCC for local industry at the Innovation Center. For information on CCCC's industry training programs, visit www.edu/ecd/departments/businessindustry/ or call the Industry Services Office at 919-718-7212.

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Industry training directors and administrators from community colleges in eastern North Carolina have been coming to Central Carolina Community College's Industry Training Center at the Lee County Innovation Center to experience the simulated work environment (SWE) and other workforce training programs. They then share this information with industries they work with. Pictured (from left) are Debra Seamster, director of Customized Training Programs at Piedmont C.C.; Steve Costelloe, Business and Industry Training director at Guilford C.C.; Doug Aitkin, program director for Corporate Services at Durham Technical C.C.; and Dorinda Gilliam, Business and Industry coordinator at Alamance C.C. They practice their assembly and teamwork skills on mock-ups of skid steer loaders during the SWE training session. SWE is one of many training programs provided by CCCC for local industry at the Innovation Center. For information on CCCC's industry training programs, visit www.edu/ecd/departments/businessindustry/ or call the Industry Services Office at 919-718-7212.

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Ellizon Torres (left), of Southern Lee High School, is congratulated by CCCC President Bud Marchant (second from right) on his May 2 induction into the Caterpillar Youth Apprenticeship Program in welding. Also congratulating Torres are Donnie Oldham (behind Torres), chair of the Lee Economic Development Committee; Dr. Andy Bryan, associate superintendent of Lee County Schools; and Martin Kegel, facility manager for Caterpillar-Sanford. Sixteen students from Lee County public high schools were inducted into the program, which trains them for a career as a welder. The students will learn their skills at the college campus, through the college's Industry Services Center at the Innovation Center in the Lee County Industrial Park, and at Caterpillar-Sanford. For information on CCCC's industry training programs, visit www.edu/ecd/departments/businessindustry/ or call the Industry Services Office at 919-718-7212.

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Cathy Swindell (left), Central Carolina Community College's director of Industry Services, Katy Caselli, Human Resources Learning and Development manager for Coty, Inc.'s Sanford plant, and Kendall Crawford, CCCC Industry Services trainer, check out the computerized controls for the process controls training station in the instrumentation and calibration room at the college's Industry Training Center. The ITC, which provides workforce training for industries in the college's service area of Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties, is located in the Lee County Innovation Center at the county's industrial park. Swindell has been involved in industry workforce training by the college since 1997 and has directed the Industry Services Center since 2007. For more information on CCCC's industry workforce training, visit www.edu/ecd/departments/businessindustry/ or call the Industry Services Office at 919-718-7212.