Utility Power Worker Program at Amarillo College
Summary of the Utility Power Worker Program at Amarillo College, which included ABE pathways, soft skills training, and technologically enhanced learning strategies to produce a redesigned training curriculum with TAACCCT grant funds
- Date:
- 2016
- Primary Material Type:
- Program
- Other Material Types:
- Program Planning Resources
- Institution:
- Amarillo College
- Subjects:
- accelerate progress, basic skills, career pathways, contextualized learning, job placement, personalized instruction, simulations, stackable credentials, soft skills, supplemental instructor, TABE, problem solving skills, critical thinking skills, utility power worker
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Ad hoc group of electrical energy provider employers from the Texas Panhandle region: provided input into curriculum redesign, emphasizing both technical and soft skills needed by new employees
- Industry Sector:
- Other Services (except Public Administration) -- Repair and Maintenance (811)
- Occupation:
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations -- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers (49-9051)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Construction Trades (46)
- Credential Type:
-
- Stacked/Latticed Credential Model
- Number of weeks per course:
- 8
- Number of courses in the program:
- 16
- Program Delivery Format:
- Face-to-face
Copyright / Licensing