The instructors we are using all have a minimum of an Associates Degree. But more importantly, our instructors have a minimum of 45 years in industrial maintenance expreience and teaching. Our instructors have all interviewed and were tested by representative of the JBMC. The JBMC made recommendations on who to hire, and that is who we hired. This goes along with the demand-driven, employer-led model we have developed at John Jay Center for Learning.
This program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to navigate basic control systems to Programmable Logic Conrol (PLC)systems. Students will learn about timers and counters, proximity switches, voltage starters and relays, among other diciplines, in the Industrial Control section. Students will then learn PLC programming. Students will know ladder logic, numbering systems and codes, timers and counters, sequencing and data manipulation as it applies to programming. Students will have the opportunity to program Allen Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi and Automation Direct PLCs.
We accept interested students as they come. If students need help or remediation to get through the SkillsTrac program, John Jay also houses the Adult Basic Education program where students can get help.
SkillsTrac is a unique program that is completely compentacy based with students entering and exiting the program at their own pace. With this said, we will accept new students on a daily basis. The compentacy based program was developed with working adults in mind.