EXPECTATIONS IN NEWBERRY COUNTY PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE 2017-2018 ANNUAL REPORT ENROLLMENT OVERVIEW In the last full academic year, Piedmont Technical College enrolled 6,195 students in 99,130 credit hours. RETURN ON INVESTMENT county of residency 4 Graduate Associate Degrees: 75 STATISTICS:* Outcomes Diplomas:11 6 Certificates: 1 33 3 Graduate 86% placement* 7 Placement 5 1 abbeville Credit Curriculum: 8%; 2 Employment Outcomes Continuing Education: 18% Here are a few examples of where our graduates 2 edgefield found employment: Credit Curriculum: 5%; Continuing Education: 1% • Electrician, Town of Prosperity • Veterinary Technician, Newberry Animal Hospital 3 greenwood 6 newberry Credit Curriculum: 31%; Credit Curriculum: 13%; • Teacher, Newberry Academy Continuing Education: 35% Continuing Education: 23% • Patient Access Specialist, Newberry Memorial 4 7 laurens saluda Hospital Credit Curriculum: 16%; Credit Curriculum: 5%; Continuing Education: 10% Continuing Education: 2% • Technician, Wilson Tractor 5 mccormick 8 out of area/state Credit Curriculum: 2%; Credit Curriculum: 20%; Continuing Education: 3% Continuing Education: 8% Transfer Outcomes Total transferable credits earned: 3,988 Newberry County Annual Snapshot Students who started their coursework at PTC and transferred to a four-year institution: 72 Credit Enrollment: 694 Estimated cost savings for families in Newberry Economic Development and County: $1,503,476** Continuing Education Training:1,146 Dual Enrollment: 116 Top destination schools for PTC students include: *Based on fall 2017 enrollment data • Lander University • University of South Carolina CAPITAL INVESTMENT • Clemson University • Newberry College From 2014 through 2018, PTC has invested • Coastal Carolina University $873,849 in Newberry County. These *Placement rate is based on job and continued education placement for PTC funds represent improvements in facilities, graduates. **Based on the Fall 2017 average cost per credit hour in S.C.’s public equipment and infrastructure. colleges and universities, vs. PTC’s average, in service area cost per credit hour. CREDIT PROGRAMS OFFERED IN NEWBERRY COUNTY: In addition to the credit curriculum programs below, which are offered in Newberry County, 80+ credit programs are available through a combination of campus-based, online and distance learning. All of these programs can be started at the Newberry County Campus. Advanced • Newberry College Bridge Program Public Service • University of South Carolina Bridge • Criminal Justice Manufacturing Program • Electrical Maintenance Technician • Early Childhood Development • USC Aiken Bridge Program Certificate • Human Services • USC Upstate Bridge Program • Mechatronics Technology • Infant Toddler Care Business and University Transfer and Health Care Information Bridge Programs • Emergency Medical Technician • Associate in Arts Technology • Health Care Certificate • Associate in Science • Accounting • Occupational Therapy Assistant • College of Charleston • Administrative Office Technology • Patient Care Technician Collaboration • Business Administration • Veterinary Technology • Columbia College Bridge Program • Entrepreneurship • Erskine College Bridge Agreement • Medical Coding & Billing • Lander University Bearcat Bound • Office Management Bridge Program • Office Technician ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION In addition to credit curriculum programs, Piedmont Technical College offers a wide variety of on-demand training options to businesses and organizations in Newberry County through our Economic Development and Continuing Education Division. We offered the following types of classes to organizations in Newberry County this year: COMPANIES WE’VE WORKED WITH THIS YEAR: • Georgia Pacific • GLEAMNS • Kraft Heinz • Newberry County Chamber of Commerce • Samsung • South Carolina Association of Counties TYPES OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OFFERED: • ATI TEAS V Review • Forklift Truck • Basic EMT • Industry-Specific Equipment and Processes • BLS for Healthcare Providers • Let Go of My LEGOs Summer Camp • Catalyst Contingency Plan • Nursing Assistant • Certified Nursing Assistant • Shipping and Receiving Security • Chemical Safety • Stand Up Lift • Crane Operator • Cleaning the Sanitizing Equipment • Fall Protection Training • Forklift / Train-the-Trainer READYSC™ PROGRAM: Established in 1961, readySC™ is one of the oldest and most experienced workforce training programs in the United States. As a division of the South Carolina Technical College System, readySC™ works together with the 16 technical colleges to prepare South Carolina’s workforce to meet the needs of companies in your region. Recent readySC™ work includes: • Samsung REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS: Today, apprenticeship programs can be found in such industries as advanced manufacturing, information technology, energy, tourism, transportation and logistics as well as health care, just to name a few. Apprenticeship programs are administered through a partnership between Piedmont Technical College, Apprenticeship Carolina™, and local business and industry. CVS Caremark Store # 03542 • Pharmacy Assistant • Pharmacy Support Staff Kraft Foods (Louis Rich) • Maintenance Technician • Machine Operator Palmetto Unified School District — Tyger River • Auto Mechanic • HVAC Technician • Mason • Carpenter • Small Engine Repairer AT THE READY important workforce development tool in the state,” It’s a really great he said. “The readySC™ program is the best incentive time to live and offered by the state, and the program has been copied work in the seven by many competing states. Apprenticeship Carolina™ 2017 -county region is also recognized as a national model that has proven served by Piedmont to be a tool for meeting the needs of both new and Technical College. existing industries.” Names like Teijin, 2018 Lummus also lauded Upstate communities that have Samsung, Lonza, used innovative means to promote employment in Fujifilm, JTEKT and manufacturing careers, including the Laurens County Colgate-Palmolive Future Scholarship, Greenwood Promise and The are making their Abbeville Promise, which raise funds from the business presence known by community to provide local high school graduates with YEAR creating hundreds their first two years of technical college tuition-free. These of well-paying jobs scholarships are a powerful tool to put young people on a IN REVIEW in our part of the path to higher education and successful careers. state. But how did they get here? He cited Greenwood Edge, a program launched by the The adage “If you build it, they will come” certainly Partnership Alliance that allows high school students to applies in reference to industrial-based economic earn a Manufacturing Production Technician Certificate development. Companies seeking to locate in the through Piedmont Tech, as another example of South consider many factors, primary among them innovative efforts to build a future workforce. is a ready pool of trained workers for increasingly sophisticated, higher-tech roles. Now economic development and higher education officials are piloting a new strategy to reach even Susan Petrulak, Vice President, Division of Economic younger students in middle school, up to six years Development & Workforce Competitiveness, readySC™, before they graduate. Middle school is a time when says that customized training facilitated through students are required to complete Individualized readySC™ helps draw prospective industries to the Graduation Plans to identify or stimulate interest in state. A division of the SC Technical College System, various careers. So public/private partners are readySC™ partners with technical colleges to help coordinating with local school districts to hold companies that are moving to or expanding in South regional business and industry showcases which Carolina design training solutions tailored for their invite middle-schoolers to meet and ask questions specific needs. of representatives from myriad industries. “At any given time, we are working with 82 projects “In economic development, the greatest challenge we statewide. We provide an incentive for doing business face is providing a skilled workforce to companies. Our in South Carolina,” she said. “We are strongest in the region’s leaders need to continue our efforts to work advanced manufacturing sector. It’s a sweet spot for us.” with middle and high schools in order to let tomorrow’s As president and CEO for the Upstate SC Alliance, workers know about the dynamic, rewarding career a public/private regional economic development opportunities that our manufacturers can offer,” Lummus organization that focuses on the northwestern portion said. “Involvement from the business community is vital of the state, John Lummus can’t emphasize enough to connecting classroom lessons with real-world the imperative of collaboration in any effort to enhance concepts and showcasing just how exciting it can be workforce to attract industries to the state. Partnerships to help bring products from concept to reality.” such as readySC™ and Apprenticeship Carolina™ Because it is nimble and has the ear of business and lead the way. industry leaders, PTC is positioned as a resource for “South Carolina’s technical colleges are the most economic developers who embrace collaboration. READY TO ROLL skilled labor, which has stalled progress on the plan. Have you ever gestured toward a commercial truck driver to pull on his air horn? It’s great fun, and Piedmont “Developing a system of